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Testifiers on Hawai‘i County Council resolution promoting world peace demanded inclusion of Gaza cease-fire

Resolution 449 affirms the council’s commitment to seek and promote peace, diplomacy and civil discourse while demonstrating the values of understanding, cooperation and peaceful co-existence with aloha and supports the United Nations’ International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness.

Hawai‘i woman trapped in Gaza one step closer to coming home

Ramona Okumura is one step closer to coming back to the United States after being trapped in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attack.

Big Island brothers on a mission to bring trapped sister home from Gaza

Big Island residents and brothers Miles and Glen Okumura are calling for a ceasefire along the Gaza Strip to help bring their 71-year-old sister Ramona home to safety.

Peace Day Parade in Honoka’a calls for local woman to come home from Gaza

A Peace Day Parade in Honoka’a called for the return of former islander Ramona Okumura who is in Gaza serving children in-need.

Flags to be lowered for lives lost in ongoing Middle East conflict

This observance is to honor the lives being lost in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East — and with the hope that peace can be achieved.