



Groups of Israelis chanted “Bring them home” at a Coldplay concert in Athens on Sunday, in a gesture of support for the 116 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity.
The chant was started as the British band finished playing “Yellow,” which is the color used to symbolize support for the hostages.
An Israeli who was at the concert described the emotional moment.
“It was moving to see all the Israelis in front of people from all over the world not forgetting for a moment and reminding everyone that we are here, we are staying here, and we will not be whole until all the hostages come home,” Amir Rosen told the Walla news site.
Athens is among the most popular vacation destinations for Israelis, especially with many now avoiding Turkey amid the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack due to Ankara’s backing for the terror group.
The gesture at the Coldplay show came a day after videos posted on social media showed large crowds of Israelis in Athens celebrating the rescue of four hostages on Saturday.
Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kozlov were brought back to Israel alive in an operation carried out on Saturday, sparking massive celebrations around Israel and abroad.
It is believed that 116 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were released from Hamas captivity during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released prior to that. Seven hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 19 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military.
The IDF has confirmed the deaths of 41 of those still held by Hamas, citing new intelligence and findings obtained by troops operating in Gaza. One more person is listed as missing since October 7, and their fate is still unknown.
Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.