“I really want to believe that there is still a chance to go to Phase 2 without updating this war. But it feels like my hope building has collapsed and I don’t know what to do next,” Nimrodi said on Tuesday.
Nearly 60 families are still in Gaza. It is believed that about twenty-twenty hostages are still alive.
During the first phase of the ceasefire that began in January, Hamas released 25 Israeli hostages and the bodies of eight more people in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. But since the phase ended early this month, both sides were unable to reach a consensus on the way forward.
New Israeli air strikes threaten to end fragile deals.
Nimrodi’s son Tamir was kidnapped at his military base when he attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. She showed no sign of life. He was not declared dead by Israel. “It’s sad that it’s the only solution they can find,” she said. Earlier Tuesday, the strike killed more than 400 people and ruined a relative calm – hoping to end the war, killing more than 48,000 Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered air strikes due to lack of progress to expand the progress of the ceasefire. Officials will turn on the action.
Returning to the battle can deepen Israel’s painful debate about the fate of the rest of the hostages.
Netanyahu and his hard-hard ruling partners believe that the renewal war will release them against Hamas and bring Israel closer to the goal of destroying Hamas’ military and management capabilities.
However, most hostage families, as well as most parts of the Israeli public, see this goal as unrealistic. They said the time was running out, especially after the recent release of thin hostages, which later described the harsh conditions of being imprisoned.
Hamas accused Netanyahu of subverting the ceasefire and exposing the hostages to an “unknown fate.”
The hostage family called on supporters to protest with them outside the Israeli parliament on Tuesday.
Some families who already know their relatives in Gaza are called government decisions.
“It’s not only a disaster, form or form, how hostages bring suffering, to walls, starve to death, abuse, but also a rising death toll on Gaza,” Udi Goren said.
His cousin, Tal Haimi, was killed on October 7 and his body was taken to Gaza. Goren said the international community must end the war with Hamas, Israel and mediators – the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
“Go back to fight? Have you heard us, the rewarders posted in the last deal kept saying to you?” former hostage Omer Wenkert wrote on Instagram.
Romi Gonen, one of the first hostages released during the first phase of the ceasefire, said she would never forget the feeling of hearing the bomb in captivity because the last ceasefire talk broke down and realized that she would not be released soon.
“I beg you, the people of Israel, we must continue to fight for them,” she said on Instagram.
Sylvia Cunio’s two sons were taken hostage and he accused the Israeli leader of heartlessness.
“It’s not right to keep fighting. I hope my kids have come home. If he wants to kill me, Prime Minister, let him already do it because I won’t go through that.”
Nimrodi said she was worried that air strikes could not only hurt her son and other hostages, but also worsen their lives.
She said the last time she met Tamir, he was an interesting teenager, riding horses and enjoying learning geology and astronomy. The two have similar humor, and have talked about everything.
When she was scared of what was about to happen, she said she would not stop fighting and see him again.
“Please stay strong and survive,” she said. “So we have a chance to meet again.”
