Israelite families ask Portugal and other European governments to help release hostages
The family members of the Israeli hostages were in Lisbon, in an initiative carried out by the Israeli embassy in Portugal, to urge the governments of Portugal and other European countries to make measures to guarantee the release of captives still alive and the delivery of the bodies of those who were killed in the hands of Hamas.
“You have a hostage citizen in Gaza. You have to wake up and tell Hamas to stop“He said in a message addressed to Portugal, Eli Shivi, father of Idan Shivi, the Portuguese-Israeli hostage at the southern Israel desert festival when Hamas militants attack on October 7, 2023, and already declared dead by Israelite authorities.
Idan, who had a volunteer to photograph the festival, was one of the 251 people captured in the Hamas offensive 17 months ago. According to Israel’s defense forces, he was killed on the day of the attack, and his body was taken to the Gaza Strip. It is among the 35 hostages killed and still maintained in possession of Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave.
“You have to do something for him, he is a good person, a good student, wanted to improve the world. It was a party with a spirit of peace and love,” Eli emphasized, asking the Portuguese matches to put the drama of the Israeli hostages on the campaign agenda. Legislative elections May 18.
“I want my son at home!”
In Lisbon was also the father of Tamir Nimrodi, an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023 of the Israeli army base, where he worked at the northern border of Gaza.
“My son was 18 when he was kidnapped, he was a military but not combatant, taught in the army,” Alon, Tamir’s father said.
“We are the only family in Israel who knows nothing about his relative,” he shot.
Tamir’s father recalled that his son is also “a European citizen, a German citizen” and appealed to European countries to join the Israeli cause.
“Today we are. Tomorrow it can be you. We need all European countries who want peace to be with us, be with Israel.” We (Israel) are the barrier between Europe and terrorism, “he said.
Alon Nimrodi clear that the only way to guarantee the hostages of the hosts of the Chamber is “an agreement”, but refused to associate the recent Military expansion announced by Israel to any failure in mediation to free the captives.
“We are not politicians, we are not military,” he turns.
Salem Alatrash, brother of Muhammad, hostage of Beduino origin, also declared dead by Israeli authorities, criticized Hamas’ actions.
“This is not the way to profess Islam: it is Daesh and Isis. Hamas does not behave as Muslim, and the Alatrash family is a Muslim family.”
“There are people arrested in tunnels, to starve. The more time passes, the more difficult it will be to come alive, but You also need to give the dead to families“He added.
According to Israel’s defense forces, Alatrash was killed on October 7 and his body was also taken to Gaza.
ADVERTISINGDespite the appeals of the members of the Captive Family, the Israelite General Nitzan Alon, responsible for the hostage negotiations, warned that he puts the burden on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, reports the Jerusalem post.
Nitzan Alon points out a Direct relationship between the expansion of military operations in the Palestinian enclave and the increase in violence over the captives by HamasEven warning that the new offensive announced by Israel can have disastrous consequences, since the militants of the fundamentalist Islamic group, they point out, discharge their frustration in the hostages in response to Israel’s escalation.
