2024-08-22 03:45:21
Funerals were held on Wednesday for some of the six hostages whose bodies were brought back to the kibbutz from southern Gaza where they were kidnapped on 7 October.
Amid gunfire and explosions from Gaza, families expressed condolences to their loved ones and asked them to “forgive them for receiving them in coffins and failing to save them,” the newspaper reported.washington post”.
“I just want to say I’m sorry because you deserve better,” Raymond Kirshet Buchstab, 36, said after her husband Yagiv Buchstab (Yagiv Buchstab) was buried near their home in Kibbutz Nirim.
Raymond, who was released at the end of November after 50 days in captivity during a brief truce, hopes her husband Yagiv (35) will soon follow her.
Keren Monder, 54, didn’t believe until Tuesday that her father was alive and living in the tunnels beneath Gaza.
On Wednesday, 79-year-old Avraham Monder was buried at Kibbutz Nir Oz, where a quarter of the residents have been targeted by Hamas, which has been targeted by Hamas in the United States and other countries. killed or captured in an attack by a terrorist organization).
“When you were abandoned over and over again, we were not there for you until you died,” Karen said, speaking not only to her father but also to her brother Roy, who was killed in the armed attack.
Karen was kidnapped along with her son, who had been imprisoned for nine years, and her mother, who were all released during a week-long ceasefire.
When they returned to Israel, they were pleased to learn that Abraham was not among those killed on October 7 and that he might meet with them again.
Karen continued: “How naive we were, just like on October 7th. We had no idea that the Prime Minister of Israel would sacrifice you for his own ‘image of victory’ and chose to leave you to your own devices many times.”
According to the Israeli government, some 250 people have been kidnapped in Hamas’ cross-border offensive and militants have killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in attacks in southern Israel, 105 of whom remain in Gaza.
Only 71 of them are believed to be alive, and their families have been trapped in a painful cycle of despair, pleading with Israeli politicians and international diplomats for months to send them home, the newspaper reported.
Despite a new round of talks in Doha, Qatar, and a visit from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on-again, off-again talks to free the hostages and end the war in Gaza, which has left 40,000 Palestinians dead, appear to be deadlocked again.
According to the IDF, the bodies of Avraham and Yagiv were found in an underground tunnel beneath Khan Yunis, along with those of Haim Peri (80), Alexander Dansig (76), Nadav Popplewell (51), and Yoram Metzger (80).
Ayala Metzger, Yoram’s stepdaughter, said the return of his remains “reinforces my anger at a government that chooses not to return them.”
Metzger has joined the escalating protests by the hostages’ families, who have taken to the streets, blocked highways and stormed parliamentary meetings, demanding that Netanyahu do whatever it takes to reach a deal or step down to let another leader try.
“We kept hoping and we couldn’t stop,” she said, “but I’m angry at myself now because I wanted a deal.”
On Tuesday, after Israeli media reported that the hostage may have been accidentally killed by troops, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said the investigation was ongoing and the results would be released to the family and the public.
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