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War between Israel and Hamas: the hostages of October 7, the open wound of the Hebrew State
War between Israel and Hamas: the hostages of October 7, the open wound of the Hebrew State
(France 2)
Some families of Israeli hostages, who continue to gather in Tel Aviv, believe that the new Lebanese front is once again distancing the prospects of liberation.
Aviva Siegel was held hostage by Hamas for 51 days. Kidnapped with her husband on October 7, she was released in November. He is still captive in the Palestinian enclave. He is one of 97 hostages still in the hands of the terrorists. “They must think that they have been forgotten, and that maybe they will stay there forever and die. It breaks my heart“, she confides.
Every Saturday evening, she demonstrates in Tel Aviv (Israel). Posted on a bridge, she asks that the hostages not be forgotten, just like her daughter Shir, who fights tirelessly for her father. “I do everything I can from morning to night, every day, but it’s not enough“, she laments.
On this same bridge, another family: that of the Franco-Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi. His wife’s two children, terrified, now sleep in his room. On October 7, she managed to escape with her two daughters. But her husband, injured, and her son were taken away by the terrorists. After 51 days, the first was finally released. “They forced him to watch videos that they had filmed that Saturday (…) They beat him, and they said that Israel no longer existed“, she says.