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FILE - Activists sit blindfolded to mark one year in the Hebrew calendar since the Hamas cross-border attack on Israel in a protest against the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah while hostages are still held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

FILE - Activists sit blindfolded to mark one year in the Hebrew calendar since the Hamas cross-border attack on Israel in a protest against the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah while hostages are still held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

A display of empty chairs in a square in Tel Aviv, Israel, that is a gathering point for families of hostages held by the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A display of empty chairs in a square in Tel Aviv, Israel, that is a gathering point for families of hostages held by the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A visitor walks through a replica of a tunnel built by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in a square in Tel Aviv, Israel that is a gathering point for families of hostages held by the militant group, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A visitor walks through a replica of a tunnel built by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in a square in Tel Aviv, Israel that is a gathering point for families of hostages held by the militant group, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, poses for a portrait at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, poses for a portrait at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, gestures to a Torah scroll in his bedroom at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, gestures to a Torah scroll in his bedroom at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

FILE - A protester holds an Israeli flag as Israelis light a bonfire during a protest after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a surprise announcement in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

FILE - A protester holds an Israeli flag as Israelis light a bonfire during a protest after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a surprise announcement in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

A police officer shouts at a woman as people protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, are dispersed near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A police officer shouts at a woman as people protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, are dispersed near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

FILE - Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza wave photos of their loved ones and the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest calling for their return, outside a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and families of hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

FILE - Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza wave photos of their loved ones and the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest calling for their return, outside a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and families of hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

FILE - Einav Zangauker, center, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, who was kidnapped by Hamas, protests for his immediate release along with other families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and their supporters and against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

FILE - Einav Zangauker, center, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, who was kidnapped by Hamas, protests for his immediate release along with other families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and their supporters and against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, poses for a portrait in his bedroom at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, poses for a portrait in his bedroom at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, wears tape marking the days since his capture, at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, wears tape marking the days since his capture, at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)