2023-11-26 22:02:05
Nine children, four women and a Russian-Israeli. 14 Israeli hostages were released this Sunday by Hamas, bringing to 63 the number of hostages released, out of the approximately 240 sequestered in Gaza since their kidnapping on October 7. Among them, 39 were released as part of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, which provides for the release of 50 women and children hostages, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners.
The release of the Russian-Israeli hostage, not affected by the agreement, is a gesture intended for President Vladimir Putin, Hamas said. Three Thais, also outside the exchange agreement, were released.
Elma Avraham (84 ans)
“There is a terrorist in my house!” » Elma Avraham, 84, was on the phone with a neighbor when armed men burst into her home on Kibbutz Nahal Oz. According to her son, Uri Rawitz, with whom she had also spoken in the morning, the octogenarian had not managed to lock the door to the secure room of her house. Uri will subsequently receive a photo of his mother being taken away on a motorbike by armed fighters with another hostage.
Elma is an artist, whose house is decorated with her sculptures, paintings and ceramics.
Aviva Seal (62 ans)
Aviva Siegel, 62, was kidnapped from her home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, along with her American husband Keith, 64, who was still held hostage. At the time of the attack, they grabbed their phone and took refuge in their pajamas in their secure room, thinking of yet another rocket alert, according to Yuval Baron, the couple’s son-in-law, interviewed by the Guardian. They were seen shortly afterwards escorted by fighters with other hostages. The couple have four children and five grandchildren.
South African by birth, Aviva Siegel immigrated to Israel at age eight. She teaches in nursery school.
Hagar Brodetz (40 years old) and her three children Ofri, Yuval and Oria (10, 8 and 4 years old)
Avihai Brodetz was trying to defend Kibbutz Kfar Aza when his wife Hagar, 40, and their three children were kidnapped, along with their neighbors’ daughter, Abigail, who had taken refuge with them. A time without news, he learned after a few days that everyone had survived. Ofri, the eldest child, was ten years old in captivity. His two little brothers, Yuval and Oria, are aged eight and four.
Abigail (4 ans)
After seeing her parents being murdered, the Israeli-American girl managed to find refuge with the Brodetz family, with whom she was ultimately taken hostage. His brother and sister, Michael and Amalya, escaped the attack by hiding in a closet. Abigail turned four years old on Friday, during her captivity.
Chen Almog-Goldstein (48 years old) and his three children Agam, Gal and Tal (17, 11 and 9 years old)
Chen Almog-Goldstein, a 48-year-old social worker, was kidnapped with three of her four children, Agam (17), Gal (11) and Tal (9), from their home in Kfar Aza. The father of the family, Nadav Goldstein, and Yam, the eldest daughter, were killed in the attack.
They are members of the family of Doron Almog, a former senior army officer and current president of the Jewish Agency for Israel, a para-governmental organization responsible for immigration to the country of Jews from the diaspora. The Almog family had already been bereaved in October 2003, losing five of its members in a suicide attack against the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, claimed by Islamic Jihad.
Ela (8 years old) and her sister Dafna (15 years old)
Eight-year-old Ela and her older sister Dafna, 15, were kidnapped from their father Noam Elyakim’s home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. The day after the attack, their mother Maayan Zin discovered on WhatsApp “a photo of Dafna sitting in her pajamas on a mattress in Gaza with the comment ‘In prayer clothes it would be better'”. The only proof of life to cling to.
The bodies of the young girls’ father, his partner Dikla and Tomer, her son, were found riddled with bullets on a vacant lot. Before being shot, Tomer, 17, was used by his executioners to go door to door and lure his neighbors holed up in shelters in Hebrew, according to images released by Hamas.
Ela and Dafna also have Hungarian nationality, according to the country’s press.
Ron Krivoi (25 years old)
Sound technician at the Tribe of Nova music festival, Russian-Israeli Ron Krivoi, 25, had initially managed to escape the attackers and hide in a ditch, according to his sister Julia who testified in the media Israelis. But at noon, a voice answered in Arabic from his phone.
The youngest of three children, Ron Krivoi was born in Israel. His father told the press that he had already survived a fall into a sewer and two car accidents. According to Hamas, he was released “in response to the efforts” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “support for the Palestinian cause.”
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