It was meant to be a day of revelry and high jinks for Jews, but Jerusalem's Purim parade Monday struck a more sombre note, with some relatives of hostages held in Gaza even trying to stop it.Sharon Kalderon, whose brother-in-law Ofer Kalderon,53, was kidnapped from the Nir Oz kibbutz community near Gaza during the October 7 attack by Hamas, first opposed the celebrations.But then she and other relatives of the hostages agreed to lead it."We tried to cancel it, it didn't succeed. So we are here for them, reminding them we are in the front," she told AFP.
It was meant to be a day of revelry and high jinks for Jews, but Jerusalem s Purim parade Monday struck a more sombre note, with some relatives of hostages held