Israel, in vilo: Hamas will deliver today a list with the health status of the remaining hostages of the first phase

Israel is in maximum tension after being known this Thursday that Hamas would deliver official information from the health status of the 26 hostages pending to be released in the first part of the high fire agreement reached between the Israeli State and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.

The Islamist group is expected to deliver two lists: the first, which includes the names of three military from the Israeli army, as well as Arbel Yehudwhich would be released this weekend at the request of Israel. The second, where Hamas grants information on the health status of the remaining hostages that are part of the first phase of the agreement, according to the Israeli medium ‘Jerusalem Post’.

Among them is Silvia Cunioan Argentine-Israeli of the Kibutz Nir Oz community. He has two children in captivity, one of whom was kidnapped together with his partner, the aforementioned Arbel Yehud. She is on the list, but the Cunio brothers, David and ArielNo, AFP reports.

Standing in front of the office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahuin Jerusalem, Cunio demanded that the agreement of Alto El Fuego continue beyond the first phase until its completion to be able to see their children again. “I came here to say that I keep fighting for my children … to demand that they stop war and not stop fighting for my children,” he said, wearing a shirt with the image of his children.

Cunio appeared as an optimistic without limits, saying that his children will “return with good health. That is my hope and that is what makes me move on. Every time it appears on television, Cunio goes directly to his children, just in case they listen to her. «David, my dear, Ariel … I’m here, I’m fighting, I’m doing everything I can. We love you. Be strong. We are here waiting for you ».

In short, the families of the Israeli hostages retained in Gaza are in sus No. Last weekend, three Israelis were released in the first exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners: «Rumi Jonin24 years, Emily Damari28, and DORON SHTANBER KHEIR31, left the strip after a captivity of 471 days and at night the Israeli released 90 prisoners from the prison of Offer, mostly women and minors, ”he reported at ABC Mikel Ayestaran from Tel Aviv. In the first phase of 42 days of the Alto El Fuego, 33 prisoners will be exchanged for about 1,900 Palestinian prisoners who are in Israeli prisons.

It is expected, therefore, that this Friday is granted official information regarding the health status of the Bibas family: Shiri and Yardentogether with children Ariel and Kfir –5 and 2 years, respectively. They are among the 91 hostages taken captive during the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 and that are still retained in the Gaza Strip. Of that figure, 34 are dead according to the Israeli army.

Other relatives

Another hostage relative, Sharon Sharabihe has two brothers, Eli and Yossi, in Gaza. It is presumed that Eli is alive. The Israeli army said at the beginning of last year that Yossi was dead. As a man over 50 years old, Eli Sharabi It is on the list of 33 people who will be released, along with women, children and hostages who are sick or injured. The release of the remaining 61 people captured by Palestinian militants depends on new negotiations. «As far as we know, Eli is alive. We have not received any statement from the security forces or (from the army) that confirms that Eli is no longer alive. Therefore, we want to maintain this optimism and pray so that we can see it very soon, ”said Sharabi.

Moved by the possibility, it was allowed to imagine a reunion between her almost octogenarian mother and her brother. However, in a matter of moments, anxiety seized him. If your brother Eli returns, Sharon Sharabi He will have to tell him that his wife and two daughters were killed on October 7, 2023, and that his brother Yossi died in captivity.yssi and Eli were taken prisoners of Beeri, a community of Kibutz where Eli’s wife and her adolescent daughters They were found dead at home.

Itzik Horn72, also Argentine-Israelí, has similar contrasting emotions. He expects the release of his son Yair, 46, who is in the list of 33 due to his diabetes. But there is also the pain of his other son, Eita, 38, who remains in Gaza. «They cut me in half. This is an impossible situation. A son could be released, and the other is not, ”said Horn. Eitan was visiting his older brother in Nir Oz on October 7, when the militants took both of them as hostages. The Kibutz, located less than three kilometers from the border of Gaza, was hard attacked by Hamas. More than 30 people died in Nir Oz and 70 were taken as hostages, and 25 are still in the Gaza Strip.

Horn was angry and insisted that “everyone has to return, including corpses.” He admitted that black humor helped him to cope with pain. «Yair inherited his diabetes of me and was always angry with me (that’s why). Now, if he is released before for his illness, he can thank me, ”he joked. When asked what he would do, after the first phase of the high fire, the war will resume, Horn said: “I am going to burn the country … because that is like signing his death sentence.”