The Israeli embassy taken to Portugal a group of Portuguese-Israelis with family members who are hostages in the Gaza Strip since October 7. They ask for all kinds of help to recover their families. The lives of 138 captured people are at stake by Hamas.
The members of this group present themselves as relatives of hostages of Portuguese nationality held by Hamas, but they claim that this is sensitive information, which is why they do not reveal how many of the hostages in the Gaza Strip have Portuguese passports or for how long. Microphone in hand, they share testimonies of how nephews, uncles, brothers-in-law or children were kidnapped that October 7 and how the hours began to seem like years in each of the 60 days without knowing about the hostages.
The trip to Portugal will bring with it this and other meetings with the Government and political parties that serve to ask for help until everyone is freedbut the spokesperson for the hostages’ families, Hila Maron, he does not seem to have hope for another ceasefire.
“We are not here to talk about politics, we are here for reasons of humanity. People cannot be kidnapped while they sleep at home. I know there are doubts about the ceasefire. There was a ceasefire on October 6 and there was a ceasefire the fire. “…fire on October 7. It wasn’t Israel that broke it, it was Hamas. “Israel left Gaza 20 years ago,” said Hila Maron.
The Israeli ambassador to Portugal, Dor Shapira, refers to the date of the attack and guarantees that There is no way back.
“It was the security we got out of Gaza. The climax was October 7. We will not go back to that situation. We owe it to Hila and her daughters and we owe it to the people of Israel. Something more needs to be done.” made. On the one hand, we do not want to return to Gaza, to govern Gaza. On the other hand, we cannot return to the previous situation. When we end the war we will have to sit down with the international community and other partners and find the best solution for Gaza. “We will not rule Gaza again, but no solution can endanger Israel’s security,” Dor Shapira added.
The Prime Minister of Israel repeated, this Wednesday, that does not accept international forces in the Gaza Strip nor the return of the Palestinian authority. The future is open, but just a few steps away. a war that you only know will last and the result of which keeps Israelis and Palestinians hostage.
Source: TSF
