Hope in dark times: Austria prays back for the shoham

Hope in dark times: Austria prays back for the shoham

Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel - On December 23, 2024, the Shoham family again makes sad headlines. 443 days ago Tal Shoham, a half Israeli, half of Austrian citizens, was kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. His wife Adi Shoham prays during the CHANUKKA festival and Christmas for her husband's return. These times are particularly painful because Adi, which was released from captivity a year ago, has to cope with the horror of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the loss of its relatives. As krone.at , her father was murdered, while the rest of her family was kidnapped and the house was lit. Only the CHANUKKIA, a symbolic candlestick for the light festival, survived the fire.

call to freedom

While Adi Shoham in an open letter to Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Karl Nehammer asked for sustainable support, the uncertainty about her husband's fate continues to hurt. The family sincerely hopes for a recovery and return of valley as well as the remaining 170 hostages, as is from The media line . The stories about their captured relatives are shaped by those who could no longer return after they were either killed or kidnapped on the day, including Tal's cousin and their children, who are also custody.

Shira Havron, a relative, is tirelessly committed to the liberation of her family. While some of their relatives were released during the ceasefire, Tal Shoham remains captive. The wounding reality that both children and adults suffer in this situation is unimaginable. In the middle of this tragedy, Shira has published a book that treats the horrors of the trauma, which are caused by violence, and illuminates the need to free the hostages from the hands of Hamas. The call is clear: nobody, neither women nor children, are forgotten while the world is waiting for a solution.