The first Israeli and foreign hostages kidnapped by Hamas during its deadly attack on Israeli soil were released on Friday, November 24, under an agreement which also resulted in a truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement in the strip. from Gaza. Four children, including one aged 2 and six women aged over 70, are on the official list of released Israeli hostages. They arrived on Friday evening “in Israeli territory” and have “underwent initial medical examinations”, according to the Israeli army. Ten Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen were also released on Friday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said, without providing further information. Franceinfo takes stock of identity of the first Israeli hostages released.
Ruth Munder, 78 years old, Keren Munder, 54 years old and Ohad, 9 years old
Keren Munder, 54, and her young son, were visiting grandparents Ruth and Abraham Munder, 78, at Kibbutz Nir Oz when the community was attacked by Hamas. All were taken hostage. The child celebrated his 9th birthday in captivity. Abraham Munder is still hostage. Keren’s brother, Roee Munder (50), was killed in the attack.
Keren Munder, who lives in Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv, is a special education teacher and children’s volleyball coach. She works in a school in Bnei Brak, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. She plays volleyball as an amateur.
Danielle Aloni, 45 years old and Emilia, 5 years old
This 44-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter were kidnapped in Nir Oz while hiding in the mamad (safe room) of the house of Danielle’s sister, Sharon Aloni Cunio. To dislodge them, armed Hamas men set fire to the house.
Their family is the one with the most hostages, nine in total. Danielle and her daughter were captured along with Sharon, her husband David Cunio, their 3-year-old twin daughters, David’s brother, Ariel, his partner, Arbel Yehoud, and his sister, Dolev Yehoud. Danielle Aloni appeared in a video released by Hamas on October 30.
Doron, 34 years old, Raz, 4 years old, Aviv, 2 years old
The 2- and 4-year-old girls and their German-Israeli mother Doron Asher Katz, 34, were also abducted from Nir Oz, where they were visiting their maternal grandmother, Efrat Katz, 69, who was murdered by Hamas. Doron’s husband, Yoni Asher, who remained alone at their home north of Tel Aviv that day, recognized his wife and daughters in a video posted on social networks by the Islamist movement.
Doron’s brother, Ravid Katz, and their mother’s partner, Gadi Moses, are still being held hostage. The latter, a 79-year-old farmer, tried to negotiate with Hamas to save his family members. He was eventually taken hostage as well.
Yaffa Adar, 85 years old
The video of his kidnapping, aboard a golf cart, had been shared numerous times on social networks. This mother of three is also a grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of seven. She is a resident of the Nir Oz kibbutz.. “We don’t know how long she can go without her medication. I don’t know how long she can survive like this.”had alerted his granddaughter on Facebook. His eldest grandson, Tamir Adar, was also kidnapped and is currently still being held hostage, according to information from Israeli authorities.
Margalit Moses, 77 years old
The Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons presents this resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz as “a devoted grandmother”. Margalit is a mother of three and grandmother of 10. Suffering from cancer, her family had warned that she required medication and daily care. She appeared in a Hamas video showing her capture. She is also German-Israeli.
Hannah Katzir, 76 years old
Islamic Jihad, a group that fights alongside Hamas against Israel in the Gaza Strip, released a video on November 9 with Hanna Katzir. She uses a walker and needs medication, according to her family. This mother of three and grandmother of six is thewife of Rami Katzir, killed during the attacks, according to Israeli authorities. His son Elad, 47, was also kidnapped.
Adina Moshe, 72 years old
Abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz, this retired educator was released on Friday. Mother of four children and grandmother of 12, Adina lost her husband David, killed during the October 7 attack, according to Israeli authorities. The video of his kidnapping was posted on social networks by Hamas. Adina Moshe appeared there between two fighters on a motorcycle. According to her grandson, interviewed by CNN, the septuagenarian was forced, in order not to fall from the motorcycle, to hold on to the man who had shot her husband a few minutes earlier. Having undergone heart surgery last year, she needs medication, according to her family.
Hanna Peri, 79 years old
South African national Hanna Peri, 79, was on the phone with her daughter when Hamas men burst into her house on Kibbutz Nirim.
Her daughter then tried to warn her brother, Nadav Popplewell, to get to safety. In vain. Shortly after, a photo, sent from Hanna’s phone, confirmed that she had been taken hostage with Nadav. His other son, Roy, was killed in the attack. Hanna Peri suffers from diabetes, and sees very poorly in one eye.