2023-11-28 23:05:00
Of the 240 kidnapped on October 7, the Hamas terrorist group still holds 182 people hostage, including 15 Argentines. According to Israeli sources, they are also deprived of their freedom. 40 minors.
After the release of his wife and two twin daughters, David Cunio was left in the hands of Hamas. The 33-year-old actor who debuted in the feature film Youth, premiered in 2013 at the Berlin International Film Festival, was kidnapped with his family from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His brother Ariel is also missing and would also be held captive.
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Gabriela Leimberg was kidnapped in another of the attacks on October 7, but in the Nir Yitzhakla kibbutz. She was enjoying a few days at her sister Clara Marman’s house with her brother Fernando and her 17-year-old daughter Mía, who were also kidnapped. Clara even told her daughters that the militiamen had entered her house: “They are at home, they are breaking things,” she even said.
For his part, Fernando Marman, 60, had gone to spend the weekend at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, located less than four kilometers from the border with the Gaza Strip. At the moment it is only known that the man arrived at the shelter with the entire family group, while Luis Har, Clara Marman’s partner whom he had met in Israel and who lived in separate houses, had taken out tickets to travel to Argentina with the intention to visit his friends and family to celebrate his 70th birthday.
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Shiri Silberman, a 35-year-old teacher, was attacked at Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists. The last thing that is known regarding her is that when she was surprised she was with her two children (Ariel, 5 years old, and Kfir, 9 months) in her arms. Her husband Yaden Bibas, an Israeli sculptor, was also taken hostage.
Shiri’s parents, the Argentine José Luis Silberman and Margit Schneider (of Peruvian-Israeli nationality), had a different fate, they were found dead days ago. Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage held by Hamas. The image of the baby traveled around the world asking for his release. The images of the little boy were spread through a video made by Hamas where the panic was reflected on his mother’s face during the kidnapping. The last image of her five-year-old brother, Ariel Bibas, is seen on the chest of his mother, Shiri Silberman and wrapped in a white blanket.
Ron Sherman, a young 19-year-old soldier who was dedicated to permitting the entry of merchandise, was surprised by a bombing around 6:30 in the morning on the fateful October 7. The young man called his father, Alex Sherman, who also lives in Israel, and told her what happened. After the call was cut off, Ron, León Gieco’s nephew-in-law, continued narrating the situation via WhatsApp. His last message said: “They are very close. It’s the end.” Days later, his father, Alex, saw through the videos released by Hamas how his son was kidnapped.
Ofelia Feler de Roitman, 77, had lived with her husband Hector in Israel since 1985. However, on Saturday, October 7, the woman was alone in the kibbutz because her husband had been hospitalized for hip surgery. Alerted by explosions and screams, she managed to sneak into the shelter where she sent a WhatsApp message to her son, who asked him to leave her cell phone on “vibrator” mode to locate her. However, the message never received the double accent with the confirmation of receipt.
She was released this November 28 in a new exchange between Israel and Hamas.
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Lior Rudaeff settled in Israel with his parents when he was a child. Over time, he formed his own family, with his wife Yaffa, of Moroccan origin, and four children. At just 61 years old he became a grandfather. On the day of the attacks he was in charge of security at the kibbutz in Nir Yitzhak, where he was kidnapped. The rest of his family was rescued on October 9.
Iair and Eitan Horn are two brothers who lived on Kibbutz Nir Oz. Iair, the older of the two, works in maintenance and general repairs. Both were in his house when they were surprised by the terrorists. For his part, Eitan was dedicated to the area of education, more precisely he worked with young people for whom he organized study plans and accompanied them during their primary and secondary studies.
The Horn brothers are the sons of Itzik Horn, an Argentine journalist who settled more than 20 years ago in Israel. He asked Iair “Are you in the shelter?” It turned into a real nightmare that still doesn’t end. According to official sources, neither of the two appear on the list of injured or dead, but they might not distinguish them among the images of the hostages that Hamas released.
Argentines released
The release of the hostages in the Gaza Strip occurred 49 days following their kidnapping, following the terrorist attack by Palestinian militiamen on October 7, in which they killed more than 1,200 people, the vast majority of them civilians, and They kidnapped more than 240 people, including several Argentines.
Finally, six women were released, half of them adults and the other three minors. They were Karina Engelbert (50 years old) and her two daughters: Mika and Yuval Engel, 18 and 10 years old. Sharon Cunio, an Israeli national, married to an Argentinean, and her two daughters were also released: Julie and Emma Cunio, both three years old and with dual Israeli-Argentine nationality. The Engelbert and Cunio family were attacked at Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas offensive on October 7.
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Alberto Fernández published on his “. And in a thread of tweets he continued: “The Argentine Foreign Ministry and the AFI work tirelessly to achieve the release of all the hostages and continue to monitor the situation to achieve this objective.” And he concluded: “The efforts are added to the conversations that I constantly maintain with leaders from Europe and the Middle East, and with relatives of the victims. Argentina advocates for the unconditional and immediate release of all the hostages who are still in the Gaza Strip. “
For his part, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero referred to the issue through a post on his X account, “The Argentine government celebrates the release of 6 people who had been identified by our country as hostages kidnapped by Hamas. We appreciate the collaboration of the Government of Qatar within the framework of mediation efforts.”
The agreement
This release occurs during the fourth day of the agreement to exchange hostages for prisoners, coinciding with a temporary truce.
This ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, agreed between the Israeli government and Hamas, which initially had a deadline of November 27, will be extended for two more days, as confirmed by the Palestinian movement and Qatar, a key actor in the negotiations with the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
In addition to the extension, it was anticipated that there may be new releases. So far, Hamas has returned 58 hostages to Gaza in exchange for the release of 117 Palestinian women and minors from Israeli prisons.
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Despite these exchanges, both Hamas and the Government of Israel stressed that the war between the two countries will continue and that hostilities will resume once the truce ends.
Global commitment
A few days ago, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) posted a video on which concerns many of the free countries of the world.”
In this sense, the FDI representative added: “These are Americans, British, French, Germans, Italians, Brazilians, people from Argentina, Ukraine and many other countries. I can’t remember the whole list because it’s too long. These are the civilians that Hamas dragged into Gaza and is holding hostage. “We are committed to rescuing them.”
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