Hundreds of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to televised three hostages from Gaza, cheers, waving Israeli flags, and shed tears of joy. When the hostage is clearly in poor physical condition.
“Three pieces have returned to my heart,” said Doron Zexer, a well-known hostage advocate. “The joy I have now is perfect.”
Avichag, a woman who sheds tears and identifys herself only in her name, said to see three men, Sasha Trupanoff, Sagi Dekel Chen and Air Horn, “Express in words.” “No.” . It was her first time at Horstages Square, a public square in Tel Aviv. There, the prisoners and their supporters gathered weekly to watch live handover broadcasts.
Avichag said he feared that the three men would appear on a big screen set up on one side of the plaza and would be as weak as the other three hostages released last Saturday. I did. Their condition caused shockwaves throughout Israel, prompting comparisons with Holocaust survivors.
The pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contributed to Israel's emotional week, putting pressure on him to secure the release of the remaining hostages as soon as possible. Hamas initially threatened to delay extradition of further prisoners, nearly derailing the ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the war.
After all, the sixth Saturday release was a marked change from the previous week in both the emergence of hostages and the response of the crowd. “They look at least they're OK, that's a comfort,” Avishag said.
On this sunny morning, fewer people gathered in Hostage Square than before the previous release date. Nama Moses, a volunteer who sells products to support hostages and missing family forums, represents the prisoner of war parents, and when he saw the three men released last week, he had many. I gave this to the pain that people felt.
“Maybe it's going to be easier at home in front of Terry yourself to contain your disappointment,” Moses said.
Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the hostage family group's medical team, said that while the man who was released on Saturday was talking and walking, it was clear from the video of his release that he needed medical care. Ta. “Now they need to be very careful about it,” he said.
Dr. Levine said those who were recently released shared “terrifying testimony” about the remaining hostage status in Gaza. “Being in captivity for nearly 500 days means serious damage to their health,” he said. “They don't have time. They may not survive the next week.”
Negotiations for the ceasefire have destroyed a surprising family member who has not been set to release their loved ones at the current stage of the ceasefire agreement, which will end early next month.
“There's concern,” said Zexer, who was the family hosting Edan Alexander, an Israeli American hostage, while serving in Israel. “We live in a reality show where even the devils couldn't get pregnant.”
Explaining the tension and uncertainty between the weekly releases, Zexer said “hostages are paying the price.”
Viki Cohen, the mother of an Israeli soldier, was still captured in Gaza, but in an interview he said the joy of seeing three more hostages released was alleviated by pain and uncertainty.
“We're on a crazy roller coaster,” Cohen said. He recently received evidence that his son Nimrod is still alive. He is not among the hostages expected to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire. “We're doing everything in our power to make him come back,” she said.
Even after the Red Cross drove alongside the newly released man, the crowds on the Hostage Square remained winding up pictures of people still incarcerated in a modest celebration of solidarity.
“It's overwhelming here, warmth and love,” said Jennifer Brandeis, a visit to Tel Aviv from Virginia. “Being together – that's everything to me.”
