{"id":3343,"date":"2025-02-15T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2025-02-15T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:52:50","slug":"israel-hostages-square-reaction-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"Relief in Israel as Newly Released Hostages Appear to Be in Better Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Naama Moses, a volunteer selling merchandise to support the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of the captives, ascribed this to the pain that many felt when they saw the three men who were freed last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPerhaps containing your disappointment would be easier at home in front of the telly, on your own,\u201d Ms. Moses said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Hagai Levine, the head of the medical team for the hostage families group, said that while the men released Saturday were talking and walking on their own, it was evident from the video of their release that they needed medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNow they will have to be examined very carefully,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Levine said those released recently had shared \u201cdreadful testimonies\u201d about the status of hostages who remain in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBeing in captivity for nearly 500 days means severe damage to their health,\u201d he said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have time, they may not survive the next weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The specter of the cease-fire negotiations breaking down alarmed families whose loved ones were not set to be released during the cease-fire agreement\u2019s current phase, which ends early next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s concern,\u201d said Mr. Zexer, whose family hosted the Israeli American hostage Edan Alexander during his military service in Israel. \u201cWe are living in a reality show that even the devil couldn\u2019t have conceived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Describing the tension and uncertainty between each week\u2019s release, Mr. Zexer said that \u201cthe hostages are paying the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Viki Cohen, the mother of an Israeli soldier still held in Gaza, said in an interview that the joy of seeing three more hostages released was tempered by anguish and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are on a crazy roller coaster,\u201d said Ms. Cohen, who recently received evidence that her son Nimrod was still alive. He is not among the hostages expected to be released in the first phase of the cease-fire. \u201cWe are doing everything in our power for him to return,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even after the Red Cross drove away with the newly released men, heading toward Israel, the crowd at Hostages Square remained, hoisting pictures of people still in captivity in a subdued celebration of solidarity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming to be here, the warmth and the love,\u201d said Jennifer Brandeis, who was visiting Tel Aviv from Virginia. \u201cBeing together \u2014 it\u2019s everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naama Moses, a volunteer selling merchandise to support the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of the captives, ascribed this to the pain that many felt when they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":3344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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