On Saturday, Hamas posted six other hostages as part of his agreement on the disguise with Israel, the last living prisoners who liberated their current truce in Gaza.
As part of the fire interruption agreement, Hamas committed to publish at least 33 of almost 100 prisoners who remained in Gaza, believed to be dead, in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinians who closed Israel and partially withdrawing Israeli. Both sides are set in negotiating the conditions for an extension of the ceasefire, but the agreement seems distant.
Two prisoners released on Saturday have been in Hamas’s hands for about 10 years. Four others were recorded during a Hamas on October 7, 2023, which encouraged the war in Gaza.
Omer Wenkert
Omer Wenkert, 23 years, was abducted during the attack on October 7, while the Palestinian militants attacked the music festival, the Nova tribe, which was held near the border with Gaza. Videos and photos from the time of attack show him be restrainedtaken to underwear and surrounded by armed men in the back of the truck as they took him to Gaza.
In the morning he was in contact with his family and said he was afraid. The relatives later saw videos about his abduction. His grandmother, Tsili Weenkert, survived the Holocaust who said she was saved by the Soviet army, appealed to Russian officials to help securing the edition of his grandson.
Mr Wenkert managed a restaurant in central Israel and was supposed to start a restaurant management course at college. His father, Shai Wenkert, pleaded for his freedom near Mr. Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on the first anniversary of the attack guided by Hamas.
In the speech of the group of other relatives of the hostages and their supporters, He said: “The whole year at which time has stopped. I’m still on the same day. “
Eliya Cohen
Eliya Cohen, who was 27 when she was captured, was also at the Nova Music Festival. Tilted with other festival participants when they were throwing militants Grenades in their shelter And he broke him, ordering Mr. Cohen and two other men with them, according to his girlfriend, an alive Abud from Tel Aviv, one of a few surviving bunkers.
Mrs. Abud went to the festival with Mr. Cohen, her nephew and a nephew girl. Of the four, she was the only one who returned home. Mr. Cohen was shot in the leg during the raid, she said, and she hid with him under a bunch of dead bodies while she felt he had moved away from her.
Mr. Cohen’s mother, Sigalit Cohen, said The Guardian in December 2023 that she had Stop her account of her accountant lobby to release prisoners. Near the first anniversary of the crisis of war and hostages, She wrote in the introductory Addressing the Israelis, “Have we learned something from that damn day? Did we take it on to ourselves to be better? “
Hisham al-Sayed
Hisham al-Sayed is a member of the Israeli Arab Bedouin minority from the city of Hura. Is one of the two Israeli hostages, along with Hadar Goldincaptured by Hamas militants in Gaza’s belt many years before decay on October 7th.
Mr. Al-Sayed entered Gaza 2015 and was I don’t see anymore by 2022.When Hamas posted a video that would show him lying in bed, looking stunned and wears oxygen mask. Mr. Al-Sayed has schizophrenia, according to his family, and before he tried to get into Gaza. Hamas accused Mr. Al-Sayed of being an Israeli soldier, and it was thought to be kept pressing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners.
In 2017, an investigation for human rights concluded that Mr. Al-Sayed was not associated with Israeli military or government. After Hamas captured hundreds of hostages in October 7, the prisoners of the prisoners who had been lobbing for years to release their relatives have joined the relatives of newer hostages.
Mr. Al-Sayed’s father, Shaban Al-Sayed, said the family was waiting for his son to return with a deep anxiety.
“We do not know what state he will return,” he said. “We are waiting for him – and when we see him, we will know how much we have to celebrate.”
Avera Mengista
Mr. Mengista, who is now 38, is the longest -running Israeli hostage in Gaza. In 2014, almost two weeks after the trial ended the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, Mr. Mengista was Viewed in security camera footage Walking the beach before crossing the fence that divided Israel from Gaza.
Born in Ethiopia, Mr. Menongista moved to Israel with his family when he was 5 years old and lived in the coastal city of Ashkelon, some 10 miles north of Gaza. His older brother said to Israeli media That Mr. Menongista was deeply affected by the death of his other brothers and sister and faced serious mental health problems.
Mr. mengista is obviously the last seen Ua A video that Hamas posted in January 2023although the recordings could not be checked independently. As with Mr. Al-Sayed, Human Rights Watch later estimated that civilian with a history of mental health problems.
Omer shem fattening
Omer Shem Tov was 20 years old when he was abducted with two friends at the Nova Music Festival. His friends – Maya Regev And her brother, Itay Regev – They were released during the weekly tribute between Israel and Hamas in November 2023.
In December 2023, after release, Regevs appeared in the video together Wearing the T -shirts that wore the face of Mr. The scheme of the fattening, praying for his return. “Every day exists as a hell,” said Mrs. Regev from a wheelchair, undergoing surgery due to a wound from a firearm in the leg.
“I have a friend named Omer and I really miss me,” Itay said. “I know what he goes through there and I know how scary it is.”
Older brother of Mr. scheme of loads, amit shem tov, expressed mourning After the last trial is over. “The end of a mere is the worst thing that could happen because it seriously delaying my brother’s release,” he said.
Tal Shoham
Tal Shoham was 38 when he was captured from Kibbutz Be’eri. His wife Adi Shoham and their son and daughter, at the age of 8 and 3 years, were at the time released in the first agreement on the interruption of fire.
At the beginning of last year, he was among Mr. Shoham’s father, Gilad Kongold A group of hostage relatives who broke into a meeting of the Israeli Parliament to demand the action on the kidnappers.
“The danger increases every day that passes,” Mr. Kongold said in an interview after that. “Israel and relevant countries in the region should sit at a table – without eating or sleeping – and make this terrible situation end.”
At the first anniversary of the attack, Mr. Shoham’s family was still waiting. His mother, Nitza Kongold, as well as other Israelites frustrated due to the lack of progress of the Government in the hostage agreement, boycotted an official ceremony and attended participation alternative commemoration.
“My dear tal, if you see or hear me, we all miss you all so much,” she said. “We are doing our best to bring you and all hostage home soon. We will not give up on you.”
