2024-02-12 07:57:00
Fernando Marman and Luis Har, the Argentines rescued from Hamas, are already with their families
In the early hours of this Monday morning, the Israeli army announced the rescue of two hostages of Argentine nationality who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Hamas since last October 7.
The Israeli army, security agency and police intervened in an operation in Rafah where they managed to rescue Fernando Marman and Luis Har. There is a family bond between them. Har, 70 years old, is the brother-in-law of Fernando (60), as he is the partner of Clara Marman, another of the Argentinian women who had been kidnapped, but who managed to be released along with nine other hostages in the month of November in the middle of a truce. between Israel and the terrorist organization. The three are part of a family group that experienced the actions of Hamas firsthand.
At the beginning of December, Clara Marman’s daughter, Guefen Sigal, told a press conference about the moment when members of her family were taken away. Excited, unable to get out of her head the last image she received from the security room of her family’s kibbutz house, she said: “Luis (Har) took a selfie from that space where they hoped the missiles launched would stop exploding. from Gaza,” he said. The worst was yet to come. Minutes later they began to hear that the terrorists were entering the house and destroying everything in their path. To avoid them, Luis placed a chair and a stick against the door. He couldn’t help it. The kidnapping was underway.
Clara Rosa Marman (REUTERS)
Born in a kibbutz in Israel, Sigal revealed on that occasion that her entire family emigrated to the Middle East from Argentina. At the end of November, in addition to recovering her mother, Clara Marman, her aunt Gabriela Leimberg and her 17-year-old cousin Mía were released. She has now recovered her uncle Fernando Marman, and her mother’s partner, Luis Har, who also has 10 grandchildren.
Clara and Luis met in Israel, and despite being a couple, they lived in separate houses. On October 7, when they were captured, they were together in Nir Yitzhak, one of the kibbutz most affected by Hamas. At 70 years old, she planned to come to Argentina to visit family and friends.
For his part, Fernando “has a heart of gold and is the grill of the family. We know him as the ‘eternal bachelor,’” his niece had stated. He also lives in Israel, and on the day of the kidnapping he had traveled to spend the weekend with his sister at the same kibbutz, located less than four kilometers from the border with the Gaza Strip.
“The Office of the President thanks the Israeli Defense Forces, the Shabak and the Israeli Police for having successfully completed the rescue of the Argentines Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70), who had been kidnapped since last December 7. October by the terrorist group Hamas,” Casa Rosada reported in the early hours of this Monday through the social network X, after the Israeli army confirmed the news.
“Both are in good medical condition and were transferred to Sheba Tel Hashomer hospital for evaluation,” Israel said in a statement.
For its part, the National Executive Branch highlighted that “during his visit to the State of Israel, President Javier Milei reiterated to President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the request for the release of each of the Argentine hostages, and continues to maintain “strongly condemns Hamas terrorism.”
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