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He came back in poor physical condition. Anyone who saw the pictures and videos couldn’t ignore it. For 16 months, he was hungry, barefoot and in constant fear that every day can be his last,
Michael said, according to the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters He has shrapnel in his eye, he has shrapnel in his shoulder, he has shrapnel in his arm. Alon was bound in chains, this entire time, and he had almost no food — at most one pita a day, over a very, very, very long time, more than a year,
It wasn’t a surprise for us,
one Israeli official said From this moment onward, we expect worse scenes,
a second Israeli official said I had many pictures in my mind of my dad, but nothing prepared me for those pictures of him on that stage in Gaza. I was sure that I would be strong, but I fell on the floor and screamed, ‘I’m sorry,
I can’t understand it. I don’t think there’s a single mother who could handle her son being hungry, hungry for food, and held in chains for so many days."
His heartbroken Idit Ohel mum said You understand they are suffering a holocaust."
She told Israel Hayom newspaper seeing them left her unable to sleep and added Everything you can see that Eli and Or went through, Alon is now experiencing."
The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli— returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained — being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers."
They look like Holocaust survivors. They were in horrible condition. They were emaciated,
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl I know we have a deal ... they dribble in and keep dribbling in ... but they are in really bad shape,
Trump said of the Israeli hostages We’re committed to owning it, taking it and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back,
he said, describing Gaza as a “demolition site” that needs complete rebuilding At some point, we are going to lose our patience” with Hamas
The occupation humiliated us for over a year,
They never spoke to me. They spoke to other people. When they speak to me, they’re going to take them,
He looked like a skeleton; it was awful to see,
Ohad Ben Ami's mother-in-law, Michal Cohen, told Channel 13 News as she watched the Hamas-directed handover ceremony, which included the hostages answering questions posed by a masked man as militants armed with automatic rifles stood on each side We missed you so much,
the mother of Or Levy, Geula, said as she hugged her son I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza.”
Trump also reiterated his vision for Gaza’s future, which he expressed during last week’s visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating After your son has been there for 493 days and you see his friends returning looking like Holocaust survivors, then come and talk,
Every moment that passes, every second could save lives from Hamas tunnels, from this cruel enemy that has massacred us since October 7,
