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Hamas launched six hostages more on Saturday as part of his high -fire agreement with Israel, the last lively captives to be released under the current truce in Gaza.
As part of the Fuego Alto Agreement, Hamas promised to release at least 33 of the almost 100 captives that remain in Gaza, some of which are believed to be dead, in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a withdrawal partial Israeli. Both parties are configured to negotiate terms to extend the truce, but an agreement seems remote.
Two of the captives released on Saturday had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. Four others were taken during the attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which caused Gaza’s War.
Omer Wennkert
Omer Wenkert, 23, was kidnapped during the assault of October 7, since the Palestinian militants attacked a music festival, the Nova tribe, which took place near the border of Gaza. The videos and photographs of the time of the attack show it restricted, stripped of their underwear and surrounded by armed men in the rear of a truck while they took him to Gaza.
He was in contact with his family in the morning of the attack and had said he was afraid. Later, relatives saw a video of their kidnapping. His grandmother, Tsili Wenkert, a holocaust survivor who said he had been saved by the Soviet army, appealed to Russian help officials by ensuring the launch of his grandson.
Mr. Wenkert directed a restaurant in the center of Israel and was supposed to begin a restaurant management course at the University. His father, Shai Wenkert, begged for his freedom near Mr. Netyahu in Jerusalem on the first anniversary of Hamas -led attacks.
In a speech before a group of other relatives of hostages and their supporters, he said: “An entire year in which he has stopped. I’m still on the same day. “
Elijah Cohen
Eliya Cohen, who was 27 when she was captured, had also been at the Nova Music Festival. He married other festival attendees when the militants threw grenades into his refuge and assaulted him, ordering Mr. Cohen and two other men with them, according to his girlfriend, Ziv Abud of Tel Aviv, one of the few survivors of the bunker.
Mrs. Abud had gone to the festival with Mr. Cohen, her nephew and her nephew’s girlfriend. Of the four, she was the only one to get home. Mr. Cohen was shot in the leg during the raid, he said, and hid with him under a stack of corpses until she He felt he turned away from her.
Mr. Cohen’s mother, Sigalit Cohen, told The Guardian in December 2023 that he had Leave your job as accountant press for the launch of the captives. Near the first anniversary of war and the hostage crisis, She wrote in an editorial Addressing the Israelis: “Have we learned something from that cursed day? Have we responsible for being better?
Hisham al-Sayed
Hisham al-Sayed is a member of the Arabic Beduine minority of Israel in the city of Sen. He is one of the two Israeli hostages, along with Hadar Goldin, who were captured by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip many years before the raids of October 7.
Mr. Al-Sayed entered Gaza in 2015 and was It is not seen again until 2022When Hamas launched a video that sought to show him lying on an stunned appearance and with an oxygen mask. Mr. Al-Sayed has schizophrenia, according to his family, and had tried to enter Gaza before. Hamas accused Mr. Al-Sayed of being an Israeli soldier and was thought to keep him to press Israel to release Palestinian prisoners.
In 2017, a human surveillance investigation concluded that Mr. Al-Sayed was Not affiliated with the Israeli army or government. After Hamas captured hundreds of hostages in the assault on October 7, the families of the captives who had been pressing for the release of their relatives for years linked to relatives of the newest hostages.
Mr. Al-Sayed’s father, Shaaban Al-Sayed, said the family was waiting for his son’s return with deep anxiety.
“We don’t know what condition it will return,” he said. “We are waiting for it, and when we see it, we will know how much we have to celebrate.”
Would you be mengist
Mr. Mengistu, now 38, is the oldest Israeli hostage in Gaza. In 2014, almost two weeks after a high fire ended a 50 -day war between Israel and Hamas, Mr. Mengistu was seen in security camera images Walking along the beach before crossing a fence that divides Israel de Gaza.
Born in Ethiopia, Mr. Mengistu emigrated to Israel with his family when he was 5 years old and lived in the coastal city of Ashkelon, about 10 miles north of Gaza. His older brother He told Israeli media That Mr. Mengistu had been deeply affected by the death of another brother and faced serious mental health problems.
Mr. Mengistu was apparently seen in a video published by Hamas in January 2023, although the images could not be verified independently. As with Mr. Al-Sayed, Human Rights Watch then evaluated that it was a civilian with a history of mental health problems.
Omer Shem Tov
Omer Shem Tov was 20 when he was kidnapped along with two friends at the Nova Music Festival. His friends, Maya Regev and his brother, Itay Regev, were released during a one -week truce between Israel and Hamas in November 2023.
In December 2023, after its launch, the Regevs appeared in a video together with shirts that wore Mr. Shem Tov’s face, begging their return. “Every day there is like hell,” Regev said from a wheelchair, having suffered surgeries for a gunshot wound in his leg.
“I have a friend named Omer, and I really miss him,” Itay said. “I know what is happening there, and I know how terrifying it is.”
Mr. Shem Tov’s older brother, Amit Shem Tov, said consternation after the end of the last truce. “The end of Alto Fire is the worst that could have happened because my brother’s release delays,” he said.
Such shoham
Such Shoham was 38 years old when he was captured from Kibbutz Be’eri. His wife, Adi Shham, and his son and daughter, 8 and 3 years old at that time, were released in the first agreement of Alto El Fuego.
At the beginning of last year, Mr. Shoham’s father, Gilad Korngold, was among a group of hostage relatives who broke into a meeting of the Israeli Parliament to demand actions from the kidnapped.
“The danger is increasing every day that happens,” Korngold said in an interview later. “Israel and the relevant countries of the region must sit at the table, without eating or sleeping, and making this terrible situation end.”
On the first anniversary of the attack, Mr. Shoham’s family was still waiting. His mother, Nitza Korngold, like other Israeli frustrated by the lack of government progress in a hostage release agreement, boycotted the official ceremony and attended an alternative commemoration.
“My dear such, if you can see me or listen to me, we all miss you a lot,” he said. “We are doing everything possible to take you to you all hostages home soon. We will not give up with you. “
