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Tel Aviv Renames Museum Plaza “Hostages Square”

8/14/2026

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Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality renamed the plaza outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art “Hostages Square” on Wednesday, with Mayor Ron Huldai unveiling signage.
Huldai told hostage families the name will preserve memory of Oct. 7, 2023 through the final captive’s return on Jan. 26, 2026, after the square’s 844-day countdown stopped.
In July 2026 the municipal naming committee approved the official name as a national symbol, though Google Maps still listed the site “permanently closed.”

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Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality renamed the plaza outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art “Hostages Square” on Wednesday, with Mayor Ron Huldai unveiling signage.
Huldai told hostage families the name will preserve memory of Oct. 7, 2023 through the final captive’s return on Jan. 26, 2026, after the square’s 844-day countdown stopped.
In July 2026 the municipal naming committee approved the official name as a national symbol, though Google Maps still listed the site “permanently closed.”