A brand new exhibit arrange on Boston Metropolis Corridor plaza Sunday, providing residents the possibility to see extra concerning the Oct. 7 assault on Israel and the expertise of hostages taken by Hamas on that day.
“My brother is held hostage,” mentioned Effie Yahalomi, standing in entrance of an indication displaying her now 50-year-old brother Ohad Yahalomi. “I want him back, and we been traveling around the world for 10-plus months now to advocate for the rescue and release of the hostages, all the hostages.”
Ohad Yahalomi, a employee at Israeli Nationwide Parks is featured together with many different faces of hostages within the “Boston Unites Against Terror: Hostage Tunnel Immersive Exhibit,” was taken hostage on Oct. 7 with about 250 individuals in Israel. An estimated 115 hostages stay Hamas captives in Gaza.
Ohad Yahalomi was captured from his house together with his spouse, 12-year-old son and 10-year-old and 20-month-old daughters, his sister mentioned. His spouse and daughters managed to flee earlier than reaching the border. His son was launched after 52 days in captivity.
Effie Yahalomi mentioned her brother is keen about nature and has the flexibility to attach with individuals and “touch their hearts.”
“I am hoping even in captivity he can connect with the people that hold him,” mentioned Effie Yahalomi. “I miss him a lot.”
The exhibit, which started exterior the UN in Geneva, will stay in Boston for 3 days earlier than shifting to the following cease. The walk-through is sponsored by B’nai B’rith Worldwide and goals to “provide insight into the hostages’ experience.”
The exhibit options sections depicting sexual violence in opposition to girls through the Oct. 7 assault, a tunnel meant to immerse guests within the hostages’ expertise, photographs of the hostages and assault aftermath, and the chance to speak to hostages’ households.
“It’s very hard to imagine what it could be like, and it’s sometimes so horrible for people that they won’t or don’t imagine what it’s like to be in their shoes,” mentioned co-organizer Aylit Schultz. “So this exhibit, and it being an experiential, immersive, multi-sensory exhibit, is meant to let people connect and feel those emotions and not be numb, even though it’s horrible. Really raise the empathy.”
A volunteer estimated 900 individuals registered for tickets to the exhibit through the three days and others walked via on Sunday, representing Larger Boston and cities round Massachusetts.
Schultz mentioned there was not an organized presence of protestors Sunday.
“The people I have met since Oct. 7 have just poured their hearts and souls into trying to do what they can to fight for these people to come home, and that has been one thing that makes us feel a little better to see the community coming together and working so hard to raise awareness,” Schultz mentioned.
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