As Israelis rally against Gaza war, former hostage longs for her friends to be freed

By Emily Rose

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -As Israelis staged a “Day of Disruption” to pressure their government to win the release of hostages in Gaza, Doron Steinbrecher reflected on her 471 days in captivity and said she hoped all the remaining hostages would be set free soon.

“I begged them not to kill me,” she said in an interview with Reuters as hostage families rallied to call for an end to the nearly two-year-old war.

Nowadays she can only pray that the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza, of whom…