As hundreds of Palestinians thrown out the ruins of their houses in North Gaza, Israelis waited for more loved ones held hostage in Enclave.
One of those hostages is 29 -year -old Arbel Yehod, which was released on Saturday. However, the Islamic terrorist group Hamas, who consider the European Union, America and a other terrorist organization, released four women Israeli soldiers.
In response to a violation of the current ceasefire agreement, Israel immediately stopped the return of Palestinians going north. The release of Yehod was a pre -condition set by Israel, before he eventually agreed to allow Ghazan to return.
Women’s soldiers will return home with Gadi Moses Yehod, a woman soldier Agam Berger and German-Israel citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday announced that five Thai citizens want to be released. More mortgage exchanges are planned for Saturday.
Waiting and worry for about 16 months
On October 7, 2023, Arbel Yehod was abducted during the Hamas terror attack on Israel. She and her lover Ariel Queenio’s family were kidnapped near Neer Oz Kibutz near Gaza Seema.
In Intte, he hid in his partner’s brother’s house, but the attackers set him on fire, forcing them all in the open. Yehod’s brother Dolav was murdered during the Hamas massacre. During the terrorist attack, some 1,200 Israel were killed and another 250 was taken hostage.
Arbel Yehod’s family has been forced to wait and worry for about 16 months. Now, it seems that they will finally be able to hold their arms on Thursday.
When DW spoke to Yehod’s father, Yechi, he separated him in December like this: “Always optimistic, always happy, ready to help. He is the center of a friend’s group. It is like a magnet. This personality will help him break.
Prior to his kidnapping, Arbel Yeud was appointed as a visitor’s chaper in Grovetake, a company that deal with technology and space exploration and is located close to NIR oz, where he is great.
Like a relative of many other Hamas hostages, Arbel Yeud’s family was engaged in several activities, aims to secure a ceasefire and safe return of their loved ones.
Yehod’s father met Israel and German politicians
Beyond a conversation with the Israeli politicians, Yechi Yehod visited Berlin, where he spoke to President Frank-Walter Steinmier and External Affairs Minister Analena Berbock. Not only Israeli citizen is the great granddaughter of the Hamburg painter, so there is a German passport.
Yechi Yehod told DW that he realized that the German government was very receptive and busy. Nevertheless, Hey had hoped that they would put more pressure on the Israeli government, “to solve the problem, not only for hostages, so for people in Gaza.”
After months of the conversation below Israel and Hamas, international mediators informed in bringing a temporary ceasefire that begins on January 19. During the first six -week phase of the deal, 33 Israeli hostages are currently to be released in exchange for 1,904 Palestinians. Israeli Jail. Of the 33, seven prisoners have been freed so far, all those women.
Women, elderly and children have given priority. Arbel’s partner Ariel Cunio will be in captivity for some time, as he is a brother. Yechi Yehod says that he is in close contact with Ariel’s family. Arbel and Ariel were together for five years when Hamas kidnapped him. He had just returned home from a visit to South America, before he escaped from Gaza.
A birthday and a new nephew
It is not clear whether the two were with each other in captivity. For now, at least, the Ubel group appears in the hands of Islamic Jihad terrorists, associated with Hamas and especially in the 7 October attack.
On Monday, the group released a video of Ubel. In this, she assured her family that she was in good health and called upon Prime Minister Netanyahu to do everyone in his power to secure the release of all the remaining hostages in Gaza.
Arbel Yehod, who spent his 29th birthday in captivity, ie during that time, he became an aunt again: nine days after the attack, the widow of his murder brother Dolv gave a child a child, the fourth of the fourth Nephew.
Jan-Philipp Scholz contrary to this article.
This article was the original published in German and was translated by John Shelton
