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Headline : Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive

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Jews around the world will soon celebrate Passover, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery

JERUSALEM -- Every year, Alon Gatโ€™s mother led the family's Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family members abducted when Hamas attacked Israel.

Gatโ€™s sister, Carmel, and wife, Yarden Roman-Gat, were taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack. His wife was freed in November but his sister remains captive.

โ€œWe canโ€™t celebrate our freedom because we donโ€™t have this freedom. Our brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers are still in captivity and we need to release them,โ€ Gat said.

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