Hamas released three other Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of an exchange of Palestinian prisoners, in a highly theatrical delivery in which men were made to keep the speeches effectively under arms.
The hostage version is the fifth of a series of tense exchanges that are part of an agreement of ceased the ceased of 42 days which entered into force last month by making a break to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Hamas agreed to relent them in an incremental way 33 of the almost 100 hostages remained in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a partial Israeli retreat.
Here is a more attentive look at the Israelis published on Saturday:
Ohad ben am
“The only important thing is that Ohad Torni,” said Raz Ben Ami at the New York Times in August, adding: “It is still difficult for me to imagine our life after this”.
She well loved, one of the three daughters of the couple, was a vocal supporter for an agreement of ceased the fire. He was critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak at the congress in July, saying that he should not have been traveling abroad until there was an agreement to free the hostages. A video published on social media in August showed Mrs. Ben Amani near the border with Gaza who called the name of her father with a microphone in hand and says she was missing.
In December, the second birthday of Mr. Ben loves in captivity, his family marked the day with a bicycle ride and a ceremony, according to his brother Kobi, who told the Israelis media that about 200 people joined them as they ride Along a bicycle path created to commemorate 11 cyclists killed on October 7th and hostages, including Mr. Ben Ami. He said the family had not received any sign that was alive since he was captured.
O sampling
Mr. Levy was 33 when he was taken hostage. His wife, Eynav Levy, died on October 7th. Their son, who at the time was only two this was a key goal of the assault.
Levy sent a message to her mother during the attack, also by a refuge that was stormed by militants. The Israeli army later informed the family that Mrs. Levy’s body was found in the refuge and that Mr. Levy was held in Gaza.
The couple both worked in technology and lived near Tel Aviv. Mr. Levy’s older brother, Michael Levy, spoke of the terrible situation of his younger brother in an event in California in March, one of the many trips he has made all over the world to press for a hostage agreement. At the time, he said he had not received indications that his brother had died but was not very optimistic about an agreement.
Eli Sharabi
Mr. Sharabi has also been kidnapped by Bee’eri. His wife Lianne And their two daughters, Noiya and Yahel, were killed in the attack.
His brother Yossi was also taken as hostage to Gaza, where he was killed in an Israeli air attack, he later said the Israeli army to his family.
The two brothers and their families were very close, said Nira Sharabi, wife of Yossi Sharabi, in a video published by the hostages and forum of the missing families.
Mr. Sharabi, 52, had lived on Kibbutz since the age of 14. He was also where he met his wife when he came from England as a volunteer almost 20 years ago. At the time of the attack. Sharabi was treasurer for Kibbutz and sat in his economic committee.
His brother, Sharon, said in December that the news of the progress on a ceased agreement had pushed “New Hope among the families of hostages that could see their loved ones again at the same time, tension”.
“We lost four people,” he said. “We don’t intend to fill a fifth coffin.”