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 Israel believes around 20 are still living, will be released, despite many failed attempts by mediators to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Her friends, twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, are still being held by the Palestinian militant group which attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages who were taken to Gaza, according to Israel's........

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