Many demonstrators in Berlin had tears in their eyes as the Relatives Roni Roman sang a birthday song for her sister, who was kidnapped with her child by Hamas. “Today is my sister’s birthday, I’m standing here in front of you alone, I don’t know where she is, I can’t hold her in my arms,” said the woman. “Time is running out for my sister and more than 200 people held captive in Gaza.”
Federal President Steinmeier called out to the hostages’ relatives: “We Germans are suffering, we are praying, we are pleading with you.” The Germans wanted to do everything they could to free the hostages. Steinmeier appealed to the hostage takers to release the innocent people.