Tel Aviv, Israel (APP)-For the last two months of his imprisonment in Gaza, US Israeli Keith Siegel was forced to lie down in a tight room all the time. He said that most of his trials had electricity or flowing water, which made hygiene impossible.
While He returned to Israel Last week, according to his brother Lee Siegel, the first words for his family were gites and yellow: “I’m back, I’m home.”
Then, he asked, “What can I do to help other hostages bring home?”
As a part of it are robbing hostage after 15 months The ceasefire agreement The first details of, between Israel and Hamas, and with their freedom, Their trials Are emerging
Their accounts, told By most relativesAbout 75 75 people living in Gaza are shedding light, and until everyone is free, they are running the families of the release kidnappers to maintain their public campaign.
Siegel’s wife, “,”, “I and my family knocked on every door, knocking on every door,” A former hostageTold reporters after her husband’s release.
“We should not rest. “We should not go,” he said.
15 months after a devastating war by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Hamas and Israel agreed to one Last month Seas Fire Deal. Hamas militants killed about 1, 1200 people and killed 251 made hostage During the attack; About 75 are left in Gaza. About half of Israel’s dead is considered.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters, but says more than half of the dead are women and children. The first phase of the ceasefire called for a break in the fighting, the release of hostages, and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners occupied by Israel and increased humanitarian aid to Gaza. Three more hostages are expected to be issued on Saturday.
The hostages of the hostages and their supporters have been upset A tireless campaign To keep the public’s attention on Israel and abroad to keep the public’s attention and protect their release.
Their commitment to the release of all the other hostages has been made more difficult because the ceasefire is not guaranteed and relies on renewed negotiations between Israel and Hamas to take the agreement to the second phase. , When more hostages are expected. Free
65 -year -old Siegel, actually belonging to Chapel Hill in North Carolina, was detained as well as captive. Kabotz disbelieversOne of the most affected community in the Hamas attack. He was released in a short ceasefire in November 2023.
73 -year -old Lee Siegel said his brother told the family that he was transferred frequently and was kept alone for about six months, which was separate from other hostages. His kidnappers told him that he had very little exhibition from the outside world, in addition to listening to rare pieces of radio or TV reports.
He told his family that he needed to remain silent for a long time.
His brother said that Siegel attracted his meditation practice to help attract him. He will track the date of every day and the day of the week.
According to her brother, Siegel may have imagined dialogue with everyone in the family. If his kidnappers allowed him to speak out loud, he would have whispered in them. Otherwise he would have quietly discussed in his head. He will say, “Eva, I love you,” or from his daughter, “Gayle, I dreamed of you, I saw you.”
Even when he has begun to share some of his experiences with the family, Lee Siegel said he could not begin to understand his trial. His brother is also facing the challenges of catching everything his mother, earthquake changes in Israel, as well as personal family news: his mother’s death, the birth of big nephews and nephews.
“This is a human being who was taken for 484 days, with the worst things we can admire,” said Lee Siegel.
24 -year -old Roman Gonnon who was Issued On the first day of the ceasefire, his mother, according to Mero Lashim Gonin, will require a complex surgery and long physical therapy for a handwritten hand wound during the Hamas invasion.
When the doctors said that when they returned, the condition of the gun was stable, his mother said that his skin was brown when he was kept away from the sunlight in almost all prison.
Lashim Gonnan said his daughter lost a fifth of her body weight 10kg (22 pounds), and she was often lost by her kidnappers, even when she had to share For food. When he was released, Gonnon lost his ability to recognize the hunger, and did not want to eat at all, his mother said, adding that he finally two weeks before he asked for something specific to eat. It was more than time.
Her mother said that Gonnon has spoken little to her family, except to distribute comedy stories, and about her that she is trying to injure a little levy in a terrible situation because she Is the kind of person.
“I tell everyone to make sure to make sure that the ceasefire for Almighty will continue.
Lee Siegel said his family was taking some time before demonstrations, travel abroad and media interviews to release the rest of the hostages.
For now, the family is paying attention to the little things: just being able to embrace Siegel.
“It will take time to make it physically and emotionally, but he is strong, and he is flexible,” said Lee Siegel.
“Actually, I think it gives us more strength than we can provide for it.”
