Doron Steinbrecher vowed to never wear pink again when she gave her first public comments In the video After being released for more than 15 months in Hamas captivity in Gaza.
A year ago she appeared in Video with hostages made by her kidnaps Carrying a pale duxerica pink. When the Palestinian militant group Hamas posted last month, she was dressed in a bright magent The right section and either.
Sitting in front of the camera, he returned to the difficult moments again when the surreals were filmed in Gaza, Mrs. Steinbher, said in the video, 31, looking composed and smiling.
“This time I sit comfortably on the couch with my family, watching me in a warm and comfortable place,” she said. Trying to convey that she was not broken, she said it was important for her to show everyone that I was “well.”
While families and sympathizers at home and abroad were a campaign to release Israeli hostages, most of them knew only while the faces looking at the posters. Now, with 16 Israelites published since January 19, in accordance with Hamas, those persecuting faces come to life in video clips, posts on social media and statements of relatives who provide views of joy and relief of freedom, as well as the tips on the torment they endured.
The short messages they sent are mostly terms of gratitude to all who worked on their release and requests not to give up until the last hostage is released.
The urgency of that message became even clearer on Saturday, when many Israelis were shocked when they saw the tired state of the latest three hostages published: Eli Sharabi, 52; Or Levy, 34; and Ohad Ben-ami, 56.
Some relatives have announced that hostages were often deprived of food, suffered strong weight loss and muscle mass and rarely saw sunlight. Family members said that some of the hostages had at least an occasional approach to radio or television and heard or saw relatives to campaign for their release, which helped them survive.
Colonel Avi Benov, a doctor and deputy chief of the Israeli army medical corpus, told reporters that he had spent several recently published female hostages in the underground for the last eight months In Hamas tunnels In Gaza. Some hostages released in November 2023.
Colonel Benov said that the first seven women who recently published are suffering from “mild starvation”, while some have still had shrapnels in their bodies from injuries they sustained on October 7, 2023.
That was the day Hamas led an attack from Gaza to South Israel, who ended up with about 1,200 dead and about 250 people who returned to Gaza as hostages. The attack was set on fire by a 15-month war, with the offensive of Israel in Gaza, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and devastating territory.
Of the 250 prisoners of about 250, the results were released during the week of the ceasefire later that year, while some were killed in captivity. More than 70 hostages have not yet been returned, including at least 35 believed to be dead, according to the Israeli government.
It is expected to be released in a total of 25 hostages, along with the bodies of eight others, during the initial six -week interruption that entered into force last month.
They are exchanged by about 1,500 Palestinian prisoners, some of whom are convicted of the murder of Israeli. The exempt of Palestinians, many of whom were without accusation, say that they had faced the difficult conditions in Israeli prisons and custody.
Some of Israeli hostages were forced to appear in videos recorded by their abductors in Gaza – practice that groups for rights denied as Inhumane treatment that could be a war crime. Israeli officials called it a form of psychological war.
A few months ago, Hamas’s military wing posted a statement claiming that the hood had been killed and published blurred images that apparently show the body wrapped in a placeion. One close up tattoo identical to one that belongs to Daniella Gilbo, one of the many female The soldiers of the prospects trapped from a small military base Near the border of Gaza.
But Mrs. Gilboa (20) was released on January 25, days later, She sang at a party that marked the release of the army from Beilinson Hospital near Tel Aviv.
She was thinking about her temptation on a long -term Instagram publish On February 2, she said that her faith and respect for Jewish rituals had passed her. She thanked her supporters for not trusted by the rumors that she was killed in Gaza.
Liri Albag, another look, celebrated her 20th birthday while recovering at the hospital.
Mrs. Steinbrebher was abducted from her house to Kfar Aza, a rural community near the border with Gaza.
In the video he posted, her appearance is sharply contrasting with videos with hostages made when she was pale, with blond hair pulled into a braid. Her hair was now dark and neatly shaped in a bob length of her shoulder, and she dressed in black, carrying long necklaces, a dog mark and a yellow pin in solidarity with hostages. She said that this person was no longer in video from Gaza.
“I’m Doron. I’m 31 years old. I’m no longer in Hamas captivity and I’m home, “she said.
The recently published hostages remained largely protected from the glitter of newspaper media and have not given any interviews so far. Medical and mental health experts say that preserving their privacy is crucial for a long healing process.
The footage posted by the hostage army ‘ emotional reunion with close family members He gave a sense of elation about their return.
“Dad, I came back alive!” Another liberated hostage, Roma Gonen, 24, yelled at the cellphone After gathering again with her mother on January 19.
Experts say that long captivity has caused physical and psychological damage and that full rehabilitation will take time.
“We’re moving a very slow way,” said prof. Noah Eliakim-joy, head of the return department at Beilinson Hospital. “Of course, we see ups and downs. Every day is different.”
Some of the set hostages returned with injuries from the attack on October 7th. Emily Damari, 28, lost her two fingers after she shot her hand and was also shot in her leg.
She is a fan of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv, and on one of their matches last Monday, a video message of Mrs. Damari was projected on a huge screen. She thanked the players, administration and supporters to fight for your freedom.
Mrs. Gonen is still suffering from her hand injury and she will need a complicated surgery, her mother said.
Gadi Moses, 80, an agronomist who was abducted from his house to Nir Oz, a village near the border with Gaza, was released on January 30, appearing Gaunt. Almost as soon as he returned to IsraelHe committed to do everything he could to rehabilitate his devastated community.
His niece, Ephrat Machikawa, later told reporters that Mr. Moses held above his land during his captivity, but that he often moved around.
Close only to the rooms, she said, he used counting steps and stepping up to six miles a day, holding his mind active with budgets and other techniques. And he remained positive.
When she first met him at the hospital, he assured her, “I’m alive. I’m normal!”
“Loneliness becomes an enemy,” Mrs. Machikawa said. “He managed to create a routine that kept his mind.”
