Released Israeli-Argentinian hostage fights for brother still held by Hamas

Kfar Saba, Israel (AP) – As Israel explains the steps To increase humanitarian aid In Gaza, a former Israeli-Argentini hostage knows firstly what it can mean for prisoners. HAMAS MILITAN GROUP.

Iair Horn, who spent one and a half years under captivity, said that hostages could say when more help is present because the hostages would buy more food.

“When there is less food, there is less for hostages. When there is help, you have the possibility of cucumbers,” he said.

Hamas Militants kidnapped Horn from her home Kibbutz Nir Oz– 250 with other peopleDuring the cross -border attack of the group on October 7, 2023, he was released on 15 February for 498 days under captivity. During this time, his younger brother Eitan Horn was held in an underground cell in a tunnel with many other hostages, including 38.

Since its release, Iair Horn has postponed its healing to fight for the release of her brother and other hostages, and 20 of them are still in Gaza, which is still believed to be alive.

Negotiations collapse again

Hearing Negotiations between Israel and Hamas Horn was once again frozen at the weekend, he said he was destructive for his family. He has made four trips to the USA since his release, here He met President Donald Trump And other American leaders beg for hostages.

President Donald Trump was not sure what to do from the comment on Thursday by his private ambassador Steve Witkoffwho said USA “Alternative Options” After remembering the negotiation team from Qatar.

“I’m not a politician and I don’t go into these things because I don’t understand them. What I understand is very simple: I want my brother back, Hor Horn said.

“My life is frozen right now. Every day I live in a nightmare where they missed me again,” he said. Horn, who is single, currently lives with her family in Kfar Saba, a city near Tel Aviv. Previously, Kibbutz Nir Oz did various works, including education, care and kitchen. He also directed Kibbutz Pub.

Every morning when he opened his eyes, he said he should think for a few minutes to remember where he was, he should remember that he was no longer a hostage.

He regained some of his lost weight, but the list of physical and psychological disorders is long. He doesn’t know where to live, what to do in the future, or whether he will return to Nir Oz. The only thing concentrated is to defend the release of his brother.

Im I never imagined a half year without seeing my little brother, ”he said.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, Israel’s war in Gaza killed more than 59,700 Palestinians. The number of agencies does not distinguish between militants and civilians, but the ministry says that more than half of the dead are women and children. UN and other international organizations, the Ministry of Hamas, operates under the government, as the most reliable data source related to losses.

Brothers were held together

Iair Horn is the largest of the three brothers who grew up in Argentina. He moved to Israel at the age of 20, then his middle brother Amos. Eitan and their parents have been divorced for a long time, then joined. On October 7, 2023, Eitan visited Iair at his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz when the sirens began.

Soon they received text messages that warned them against the fact that the militants infiltrated Kibbutz. The militants entered Iair’s house, where he was hiding in a safe room reinforced with Eitan. Iair tried to keep the door closed until he started shooting through the door. Then he decided to surrender, worried that he could use grenades or stronger weapons.

Iair, who was immediately taken to Gaza, did not know what happened to his brother when the militants brought together the two brothers until the 50th day of their captivity, and Iair de Eitan was kidnapped.

Iair, together, even in the small, rod rooms, even a hit, he said.

“There is a lot of time to do and we talked a lot about our childhood, primary school, youth movement and football,” he said. “We tried to protect our understanding of humor. He would ask me, did you brush your teeth?

“It was stupid things, stupid things among the brothers I don’t have right now. Most of the time, something I have to tell him on the street. And I can’t and I’m so sorry,” he said.

The prisoners tell hostages that two will be released

Most of the time, the horn brothers were held with three other hostages. In early February, his prisoners came to a group of five and said that they would be released.

“We look at each other for four days and we wonder if we can decide on the decision,” he said.

Four days later, the prisoners came with a small plate of snacks and a video camera. They announced that Iair and another hostage would be separated and that he filmed the emotional interaction between Iair and Eitan. Hamas later released the video on social media channels, because in other videos of the hostages taken under Duress.

Together, Eitan and Iair put quietly side by side. “There was no conversation because you don’t want to make a speech like your last conversation in your mind, Iair Horn said.

“Why are you doing this to my sons? They together and separate them?”

Nobody gave him an answer, but Strum stuck to hope Eitan would soon be released.

Now he’s mostly ignoring the news about negotiations, adjusting information to protect himself. He said that he raised his three children as “one body ve and that their support was unshakable.

Sitting together on the couch in Iair’s house, he squeezes his hand and is looking forward to Eitan’s feedback.

Im I will feel the hugging of three sons, I will enjoy life, each supports each other, ”he said. “Will be.”