There will be 55 family members of victims and hostages of the October 7 massacre to attend the ceremony organized at Les Invalides on Wednesday in tribute to their loved ones. Meeting with Yarden Gonen. His sister Romy, 23, has been one of the Hamas hostages for four months now.
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For Yarden, for four months, it’s been a day without end. “Every day is like October 8. When I get up in the morning, my first thought is for my sister who was kidnapped”. So the thirty-year-old fights, with Romi’s photo on her black T-shirt, she alerts, raises awareness, and tells her story to anyone who will listen.
Wednesday February 7, it will be France and its president, Emmanuel Macron, on the occasion of the ceremony paying homage to the victims and hostages of October 7 which will be celebrated at Les Invalides. “I’m really looking forward to meeting him and asking him to do everything he can. For me, all events are important, wherever I can talk about my sister, about who she is, as a than being human. It’s not just a face on a poster. If you just hear or read her story, it doesn’t have as much impact as if you see me talking about her.”
Talk to everyone
Yarden even hopes to convince, beyond political divisions and controversies around the presence of deputies from La France insoumise, whom certain families refuse to meet. “We need to talk to everyoneshe says. I understand that they don’t realize it. But they must understand. The two most important things in life are health and communication.”
After the ceremony, Yarden will continue his crusade. For four months, this nurse has put her career on hold. She has only one obsession: to bring her sister back.
