Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said many families will be leaving empty seats at their seder tables with pictures of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and its affiliates. Attackers killed about 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others.

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