Mothers report on the suffering of their kidnapped daughters through Hamas
Mothers report on the suffering of their kidnapped daughters through Hamas
Daniella Gilboa has lost no time to bring the joy back to your life after her release from 15 months captivity in the Gaza Strip. She got engaged with her long -time friend and sung at a celebration when she and others released the hospital.
wishes and hopes for freedom
"Daniella is happy to be free. She is happy to do things that please her without anyone telling her that she shouldn't do it," her mother Orly told CNN. "She understands that we only live once and she wants to try everything. She is just a young girl."
The challenges of return
But Orly knows that what she sees in the first few days after Daniella's release is only the surface. "There are many things that are underneath and I am sure that we will see them during the days."
The same goes to Naama Levy and Liri Albag, the Daniella were released , her mothers reported. They appear physically healthy and are at home. But they were kept in the Gaza Strip for 477 days and have only been free for less than three weeks, so their complete recovery is still imminent.
The details of captivity
"She's back in her room," said Ayelet Levy Shachar about her daughter and her girlish, pink room with plush toys. "Although she prefers to sleep with her mom at night."
NAAMA, Liri and Daniella were still teenagers on October 7, 2023 when Hamas fighter attacked their outposts at Kibbutz Naahal Oz near the border to the Gaza Strip. They performed their compulsory service as an unarmed “spotter” who observed activities in the Gaza Strip and report reports to commanders at another location.
losses and their effects
fifteen of their colleagues were at the Attack killed on communities and a music festival that cost 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 - the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. The Israeli war against Hamas, which followed, many injured and largely destroyed the Gaza Strip .
Daniella, Liri and Naama were captured together with four other young women: Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Ori Megidish and Noa Marciano. ORI was saved was killed. Karina was also released on January 25th, while Agam was released five days later.
The shattering pictures
Videos, recorded on October 7th by Hamas and later
on the day of the attack, without news from Naama, Ayelet initially thought that her daughter simply couldn't get to her due to the chaos. But
The video became one of the viral and shattering videos of the Hamas attack, which Ayelet, as she said CNN, could not look at full length. But like many other members of the kidnapped Israelis, she gave interviews and wrote comments to draw attention to her child and increase pressure for a solution. and unknown to her her daughter also saw the video. "She saw the video, knew about it and saw me and her father in various interviews," said Ayelet. "Sometimes she heard her brother talking on the radio, her grandfather. It wasn't every day, but sometimes she was exposed to the media, which gave her a lot of strength and support and helped her these days."
These statements show the effects of media reporting that the hostages accomplished in their painful time. The mothers endeavor to help their daughters process the traumatizing experiences, and are always at their side. "Daniella told me that she was waiting to be able to see us. She even said that at the time she followed the hair color I had," added Ayelet with a smile. Naama was injured by a granate splinter on this day. Some of them could later remove them out of her skin; The remaining splinters remain in your body, says Ayelet. Naama and Liri had only arrived at the outpost a few days before the raid, but Daniella had been there for nine months, her mother reported. Orly knows that Daniella was injured on the leg that day, but many others are still unclear. "October 7th is the most difficult for you to talk about it and I don't ask her about it," said Orly. "She has not yet told me what happened on this day. I only know that she has lost many of her good friends ... The loss of them makes it very difficult for her, even more difficult than captivity itself ... I assume that she will decide in a few days or months to talk about it, and she will tell me."
The mothers have learned a little about the conditions under which their daughters, who are now every 20 years old, were held. Shira Albag said that Liri was in custody with Agam Berger and sometimes Naama. "Liri was most of the time in apartments with civilians," she reported. "It was difficult because they had to do some things for people in the house - clean the house and cook for them and spend time with the children and try to teach them English or play with them." Despite the physical proximity, there was little human quality. "They didn't treat them friendly," said Shira about the kidnappers. Amit soussana , a woman in November 2023 was released, Liri praised to have saved her life. She said the militants were convinced that she was in the military of Israel and had tied up and beaten to force a confession. Other hostages were brought at one point to put them under pressure. Instead, Liri spoke to the security guard and convinced the kidnappers that Amit was not a soldier. "It seems Liri, but I heard this story of Amit. Liri has not yet told us the story," said Shira. "I know it was very difficult for her. She saved Amit's life. But when Liri is ready, she will tell the story herself." liri, Daniella and Naama, together with Karina Ariev, belonged to the second group of hostages, which were released as part of the first phase of the ceasefire. In Presented on a stage, dressed in olive green, militarily-inspired outfits, and received documents about their release and "gift bags" with souvenir key fans. Your release was in a strong contrast to Chaotic first handover of 2025, and they seemed healthier than the emaciated men on Saturday were . Daniella looked at the last release together with her mother and spoke about the condition of one of the men - her cousin Eli Sharabi. "Daniella said to me: 'Mom, please know that if we had been released two months ago, I would have looked like Eli," because she also lost much weight, "said Orly. There was a change two or three months ago when Daniella and Karina were separated from the other prisoners. And instead of that four of them had to share a plate, there were only two. "It is important to understand that what we see from Daniella, how she looks now, says nothing about what happened there and how it felt." Hamas and his allies still record a total of 73 people - some of them are supposed to be dead - which during the attacks on October 7 from Israel . Three other hostages that have been caught since 2014 are also still in the Gaza Strip. Ayelet took time to thank US President Donald Trump to impart the armistice and enable the hostage of hostage. The conditions of the agreement agree with an agreement that the then President Joe Biden presented last May.
Yoav Gallant, who was Minister of Defense until November, said in an interview with the Israeli channel 12 News at the beginning of this month that Hamas in July approved the agreement , but Israel did not agree. "Unfortunately there are fewer hostages that still live and time has passed and we pay a higher price," he said. ayelet also expressed these thoughts. "You could have come home earlier. You should have come home earlier," she said. The drive and passion that the families and a large part of Israel have shown over almost 500 days to free the hostages increases in urgency, since the ceasefire - and hope for further release - on the silk thread . "We have to see them all now," said Ayelet. media presence as support
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