On Saturday, the British family of Israeli hostages from Gaza have described their “bitter” sentiment, which has expressed happiness and relief over their release, but their “drowned” is concerned about the appearance.
As part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, 183 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, 52 -year -old Eli Sharbi, was released from Gaza on Saturday with two other hostages.
Stephen Bresley, the sister -in -law of Sharbi, who lives in Burjand, Wales, told the Guardian that she was feeling a “calidoscope of emotions” after Sharbi’s release.
Bresley saw Sharbi alive and described his happiness and relief by “until yesterday afternoon, we did not even know whether he was alive or dead”. He said that it is much more mood for the state to see the state in which he is entering. “
“You can see that the clothes are hanging from it. You can see that his face was gone. Sparks and lights have gone through his eyes. His cheeks are sinking.
“This is a small day because we do not know, except for the fact that he is alive, exactly the state in which he is physically and mentally,” he said. “But this is the moment we are waiting for. I am just trying to focus on her happiness and leave more disturbing elements for another time while we help her recover.
Sharbi Bari was in his home with his British -born wife and his two young daughters in Kobotz, when Hamas militants entered it on October 7, 2023.
Sharbie’s wife, and her two daughters, shot her dog before locking Lian in her safe room and setting it on fire. Later, their bodies were identified and Sharbi was taken to Gaza with his brother UC.
“His family is everything for him,” Bresley said. “I think it’s going to be the biggest obstacle to him, and to find out that the family he has made around him all his life is no longer there. I don’t know that he How to recover.
The Israeli military said earlier last year that UC was killed in Gaza. “We do not know that Eli knows that UC is dead,” Bresley said.
Bresley said Sharbi was a “very smart, very funny man” before being taken hostage. “Eli unfortunately a man is a United fan. I’m a fan of Liverpool, so we have a lot of football ribing and banner. He’s about making sure that everyone got everything he needed. And everyone is taking care of.
Bresley is flying to Israel on Sunday. He said, “Whether I see it or not, I have to see it, because I am doing whatever I am doing to start my recovery journey.” “I am conscious that I’m going to remind the lean and the girls and it can be a stimulus for it.
“When he is ready to see me, I want to keep my arms around him and welcome him and tell him that the British aspect of his family is still there for him. The deaths were not the end of our relationship with Eli and our family.
