Israel's anti-war movement includes mothers of soldiers serving in Gaza

Michal Brody-Bareket attends a rally in Jerusalem on Dec. 29 calling for a cease-fire and release of the hostages held in Gaza. She is a longtime activist whose son is a soldier deployed in Gaza and founded The Mothers' Cry, a group of mothers of soldiers and other concerned Israelis calling to end the Gaza war. (Tamir Kalifa for NPR)

TEL AVIV, Israel — Among the small but growing number of Israelis protesting the war in Gaza are mothers whose sons are soldiers serving there in combat.

They call their new group The Mothers' Cry. Many of them do not have the heart to tell their sons they are trying to build a national movement to bring them home.