Relatives of Israelis abducted by Hamas last month assembled outside the headquarters of the American Red Cross in DC on Sunday to urge the international community to maintain pressure and demand the release of their family members. Rain or shine, every Sunday, relatives hold photos and invoke the names of their captured loved ones. "Bring them home now" is the chant for a young boy, a husband and wife, and even a nine-month-old infant among the missing.

As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is back on track, the militants freed 17 more hostages. Relatives back in DC hoped that the truce would be extended, and maybe their loved ones would be home. As desperate families plead for help, some drew a parallel between the 26/11 terror attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Mumbai fifteen years ago and Hamas in Israel earlier last month, emphasizing that all acts of terrorism are unjustifiable and need to stop.