These signs were posted by secular neighbors overjoyed by the news wanting to share it with their religious neighbors who they know would not otherwise find out until several hours later after Shabbos.
I did see online that many religious neighbors appreciated the sentiment, the recognition that we are all in this together and all care and share the same concern for the hostages... while many religious neighbors would have preferred to not be told (and some were not told by similar signs and said after that they prefer it that way), Shabbos should not be desecrated for the news, important and joyful as the announcement might be, and they could have waited until after Shabbos to find out.
It is an interesting question to ponder. I am not sure what the right thing to do is, but I think we can appreciate the feeling of unity and shared destiny even if we think it should have been handled in a way that does not employ chilul shabbos.
And speaking of chilul shabbos... MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ), has become accustomed to criticizing Minister Benny Gantz every time he puts out a message on Shabbos (doesn't happen often but has happened a couple of times throughout the war), yet he did not criticize Netanyahu's many messages released to the press yesterday and his publication of footage of the rescue operation.
My assumption is that Gafni used the lenient opinions on the issues of media and electricity regarding Shabbos and nothing Netanyahu did entailed chilul Shabbos. Had it, Gafni would surely have criticized it.
I laugh but the truth is I find it shameful how Gafni has politicized the issue of Shabbos.
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