“He was the fun uncle, the tall uncle, the hero uncle, the uncle that takes you on his shoulders and shows you around.”
That was the description given by Shahar Mor, the nephew of Avraham Munder, of the 79-year-old man who is still a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, at a walk-a-thon event in Denver Sunday meant to increase awareness of Israeli hostages.
Munder’s nephew was joined by other family members of hostages, a state senator and at least 100 people in Washington Park carrying Israeli flags and posters with the faces of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The walk-a-thon, put on by grassroots organization Run 4 Their Lives, took the group on a mile walk around the park with the goal of “(raising) awareness of and (focusing) attention on the humanitarian plight of the approximately 136 Israeli hostages the terror group Hamas still holds captive in Gaza,” according to a news release from the organization.
Several speakers took the microphone before the walk, including family members of Israeli hostages. State Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet spoke as well, leading the group in a prayer for their return.