So there’s no spot missing at the family table.” If you tell me — if you tell anyone — there is an empty chair at your table, every human being on the planet knows what you mean.

Familiies of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza set a symbolic shabbat table with more than 200 empty seats for the histages, at "Hostage Square", outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv ...

More than 200 empty chairs lined a Shabbat table on the Brighton Common Friday to honor the hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists since the surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7.