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My niece Alma was 6-months-old on October 7. She knows Omri Only as a poster,
he shared
If these are the hostages coming out, it means the ones that have not yet been released are in even worse condition,
Goldberg-Polin continued as she pleaded with Trump and Witkoff to figure out how to bring the hostages home quicker
That's why our plea on Instagram Saturday night, after we saw the release of these emaciated, Holocaust-looking hostages, we said, we have to expedite this deal. This deal is currently written to stretch over the coming months. It's clear that these hostages don't have time,
she urgedPresident Trump and Mr. Witkoff are the most professional virtuoso dealmakers that could be handling this situation. All of the people that we talk to feel grateful that they are the ones involved,
Rachel Goldberg-Polin said on Monday's "America's Newsroom."I can’t understand it. I don’t think there’s a single mother who could handle her son being hungry, hungry for food, and held in chains for so many days."
His heartbroken Idit Ohel mum said
You understand they are suffering a holocaust."
She told Israel Hayom newspaper seeing them left her unable to sleep and addedEverything you can see that Eli and Or went through, Alon is now experiencing."
She addedThe whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli— returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained — being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers."
He saidI know we have a deal ... they dribble in and keep dribbling in ... but they are in really bad shape,
Trump said of the Israeli hostages
They look like Holocaust survivors. They were in horrible condition. They were emaciated,
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to New Orleans to attend the Super BowlWe’re committed to owning it, taking it and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back,
he said, describing Gaza as a “demolition site” that needs complete rebuilding
At some point, we are going to lose our patience” with Hamas
he warnedThey never spoke to me. They spoke to other people. When they speak to me, they’re going to take them,
he claimed, arguing
I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza.”
Trump also reiterated his vision for Gaza’s future, which he expressed during last week’s visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, statingAfter your son has been there for 493 days and you see his friends returning looking like Holocaust survivors, then come and talk,
she said
He got choked up a couple of times but managed a small smile for us. Such a brave man,
the couple said
I feel very, very happy today to return to my family and friends – to my wife and daughters. I truly hope to see them very soon.”
Shortly before he was handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday, Sharabi was escorted on to a stage by masked Hamas fighters, where he saidSeeing Eli come out now, it brought everything back. [We] sat and bawled our eyes out,
said Gill, Lianne’s motherIt is impossible to process the things we are about to reveal now.
Detailing the horrific abuse on Israeli channel Kann 11, journalists warned
I was bound in chains - towards the release I learned to walk.
Or Levy, 34, who was freed on Saturday alongside Eli Sharabi, 54, and Ohad Ben AMi, 56, said