The spouse of American Hamas hostage Keith Siegel has pleaded with these concerned within the hostage negotiations to deliver her husband again dwelling. Aviva Siegel is a former hostage herself.
Referring to a video Hamas launched in April, Aviva mentioned, “Hamas launched a video of Keith, and I simply noticed the image. He seems horrible. His bones are out, and you may see that he’s misplaced numerous weight.”
“He doesn’t seem like himself. And I’m simply so nervous about him, as a result of so [many] days and minutes have handed since that video that we acquired,” she continued, in response to New York Submit. “I simply don’t know what sort of Keith that we’re going to get again.”
“I’m nervous about all of the hostages, as a result of the circumstances that they’re in are the worst circumstances that any human being might undergo,” Aviva added. “I used to be there. I touched demise. I do know what it feels being beneath the bottom with no oxygen. Keith and I have been simply left there. We have been left there to die.”
‘He was robust for all of us’
Keith and Aviva have been kidnapped from their dwelling in Kibbutz Kfar Aza by Hamas through the October 7 assault on Israel. They have been held collectively for 51 days, after Aviva was revealed in November 2023 throughout a hostage trade, She had suffered from a abdomen an infection and was extraordinarily sick.
Since being launched, Aviva has been combating for her husband’s launch. She reportedly met with prime officers within the US and Israel, and travelled to america as many as 9 occasions final 12 months.
“I simply hope that he’s with different individuals from Israel, and if he has them, he’s going to be okay,” Aviva mentioned. “He’s simply the person who will make them really feel that they’re collectively. That’s what he did once I was there – he was 100% for me and the hostages that we have been with.”
“If you happen to get kidnapped, get kidnapped with Keith, as a result of he was excellent to everyone. He was robust for all of us. And I’m positive that he’s maintaining robust and maintaining his hope to come back out,” she added.
Aviva recalled the final moments she spent with Keith earlier than they have been separated forward of her launch. “After I left him, I instructed him to be the strongest – that he must be robust for me, and I’ll be robust for him,” she instructed Fox Information Digital.
Prime safety officers from the US, Egypt, and Qatar are urging Israel and Hamas to conform to a ceasefire so the hostages can come dwelling. 34 of the a minimum of 50 hostages are nonetheless believed to be alive.
“I’m maintaining my hope and holding on and simply ready – ready to hug Keith, and ready for all of the households, to get their households again,” Aviva mentioned. “We have to get them again.”
Aviva mentioned she desires of the second she’s going to get to hug Keith, and watch their grandchildren “bounce into his arms.” “We’ll be the happiest individuals on Earth,” she mentioned. “All of the hostages, I can’t think about them coming dwelling. It’ll be simply the happiest second for all the households. We’d like it to occur.”
