The annual Israel Day Parade hit midtown Sunday with a massive show of support for the Jewish state amid heavy NYPD security — as marchers repeatedly called for Hamas terrorists to release Israeli hostages.

“I wake up every morning and think we lost all people of my family,” said Sharon Sharabi, whose brothers are among the hostages held by Hamas.

“We are feeling that the people of America sympathize with us and the NYPD [are] here with us,” Sharabi said. “It’s a really good feeling, that it’s very safe here.”

Sunday’s Big Apple celebration of Israel went off despite a tense climate of antisemitism looming over the five boroughs in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state by Hamas.

“I came out to support my dear and beloved country and to show that we’re never going to back down,” said Jacob, a 21-year-old student at the Staten Island Hebrew Academy, who braved the heightened police security to cheer on the marchers.

“It’s horrific,” he said of antisemitism in the city. “You gotta look over your shoulder and live in fear.”

Brooklyn resident Rita Malikima said the mood in the city scares her, but she felt compelled to show up for the parade to support fellow Jews.

“If we don’t speak up we can come back to the holocaust in Germany in the 1940s,” Malikima, 52, told The Post. “I think the more we support and the more we speak out the more people will understand that Israel has the right to exist and the right to defend themselves.”

Anti-Israeli turmoil has marred the city since the Oct. 7 sneak a attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists, which sparked a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed thousands of Palestinians.

The war has riled up anti-Israeli sentiment and has led to massive — and often violent — protests and pro-Palestinian encampments on college campuses in the Big Apple and throughout the nation.

The NYPD heightened security for the parade, ordering police officers to arrest anyone who got past security perimeters for trespassing — while avoiding any busts that went against free speech rights.

Prior to the march, US Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) held a presser with other officials calling for Hamas to release Israeli prisoners who remained held by terrorists since the Oct. 7 attack.

“Put the pressure on Hamas where it belongs to bring these American citizens home,” he said.

With the congressman was the family of Sgt. Itay Chen, a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, and 22-year-old Omer Neutra, who were both captured and held by Hamas on Oct. 7.

“As New Yorkers we stand together,” Itay’s father, Ruby Chen, told reporters. “And what we need now from our fellow New Yorkers is to stand by us and stand with us and support all that’s been said here.

“We need this to end. We’re just family folks, we just want our kids back. And on October 7th this was also an attack on the United States,” the elder Chen said. 

Other relatives of Hamas hostages echoed the pleas for their release.

“For eight months my little brothers, my two little brothers, have been held hostage by Hamas,” said Liran Berman. “Now it’s been more than 150 days with no new information about them. 

“But we know in our hears that they are okay and that they will be okay.” 

Noam Safir said his grandfather, Shlomo Mantzur, is the oldest hostage.

“The past four months have been exhausting,” he told The Post. “We’ve tried to get any piece of information we can get and we still have nothing.”

But Safir, like others at the parade, have a message for those being held.

“Stay hopeful,” he said. “We’ll get you back and you’ll be home soon.”