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Organizers said bereaved families, families of hostages, reservists, and war-wounded joined the march to express solidarity and press for a \u201csecurity-first\u201d approach to permanent Jewish presence.<\/p>\n
About 1,500 people gathered along the Gaza border on Thursday to march toward the Strip and plant trees near the ruins of Nisanit in the northern Gaza Strip<\/a>, organizers from the Nachala Movement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n Participants set out in groups toward the Black Arrow monument and other routes, carrying Israeli flags and saplings to signal support for renewed Jewish settlement<\/a> as a path to security, according to the organizers.<\/p>\n \u201cGaza belongs to the people of Israel,\u201d said Nachala Movement public relations manager Daniella Weiss, adding that the march was meant to demonstrate public backing for Jewish communities as a guarantor of security.<\/p>\n Another Nachala leader said the goal was to \u201cgive the government the strength to overcome pressures\u201d and support new communities.<\/p>\n Organizers said bereaved families, families of hostages, reservists<\/a>, and war-wounded joined the march to express solidarity and press for what they called a \u201csecurity-first\u201d approach to permanent Jewish presence.<\/p>\n