Naama Moses, a volunteer who sells goods to support the hostages and forum of the missing families, who represents the relatives of the prisoners, attributed this to the pain that many felt when they saw the three men who were freed last week.
“Perhaps containing your disappointment it would be easier at home in front of the television, alone,” Moses said.
Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for the group of hostage families, said that while the men released on Saturday they were talking and walking alone, it was evident from the video of their exit who needed medical care.
“Now they will have to be examined very carefully,” he said.
Dr. Levine said that those released recently shared “terrible testimonies” on the state of the hostages that remain in Gaza.
“Being in captivity for almost 500 days means serious damage to their health,” he said. “They don’t have time, they may not survive in the coming weeks.”
The spectrum of the negotiations of ceased the fire that demolished alarmed families whose loved ones were not released during the current phase of the ceased agreement, which ends at the beginning of next month.
“There is concern,” said Zexer, whose family hosted the American hostage Israeli Edan Alexander during his military service in Israel. “We are living in a reality show that even the devil could not conceive.”
By describing the tension and uncertainty between the release of each week, Zexer said that “the hostages are paying the price”.
Viki Cohen, the mother of an Israeli soldier still held in Gaza, said in an interview that the joy of seeing three other hostages released was tempered by anguish and uncertainty.
“We are in a crazy Russian mountain,” said Mrs. Cohen, who recently received evidence of the fact that her son Nimrod was still alive. It is not among the hostages that should be released in the first phase of the fire. “We are doing everything possible for him to return,” he said.
Even after the red cross moved away with the men just released, heading towards Israel, the crowd of Hostages Square remained, lifting the photos of people still in captivity in a submissive celebration of solidarity.
“It is overwhelming to be here, warmth and love,” said Jennifer Brandeis, who was visiting Tel Aviv from Virginia. “Being together – it’s all for me.”