Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, addressed a gathering at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, calling on the government to declare its readiness to end the war and return 50 male and female hostages from captivity. "117 members of the Ben-Gurion University community were murdered, ten of them were kidnapped, and three are in Gaza tunnels," he said. "Last March, all heads of universities and colleges in Israel signed a letter to the Prime Minister. We stated clearly - the government must complete the agreement and bring everyone back. This was not a political claim - it was a moral and conscientious demand."