But when Noam, 17, and Alma, 13, were released together on Saturday, “this dream had been shattered by the fact that she was murdered,” said the siblings’ maternal uncle Ahal Besorai.
In total, some 1,200 people, most civilians, were slain by Hamas militants across southern Israel that day.
It was amid this chaos and terror that Noam and Alma were separated from their parents and taken hostage by Hamas.
Noam, Alma and the third woman in their room shared a diary, but the siblings weren’t allowed to bring it with them during their release, said Besorai.
Still, he worries about the toll that captivity has taken on them, and the trauma that may linger.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Hamas, Israel
Locations:
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