The Meir family's home in Neve Savion is crowded.After three nerve-racking days, the IDF officially announced that Almog was a prisoner in Gaza. Military representatives are still at home, but the extended family insists on wrapping, hugging. Orit Meir, Almog's mother, welcomes us with a pale face, red eyes and a voice choked with tears.
"Almog had to start a new job on Sunday," she says. "He went to have fun at a party next to bad guys. Human animals have thrown us into an inferno. The first time I realized he was kidnapped was when one of his friends from the army sent us a video posted by Hamas showing him handcuffed, frightened, wounded, lying in a car. Almog was afraid," Orit says, choking back tears.
Almog Meir, photo: from the family album
"The army officially informed us that it was in Hamas hands, but we don't have a shred of information about its condition," she said. If he's being treated, where he is, if he's breathing, if he's eating, if he's sleeping, if he's been dragged into a tunnel and he hears the shelling. I hear talk about wanting to flatten Gaza even at the cost of prisoners. I beg. I don't want to interfere with the decision makers, but first bring our children home. I have a hole in my soul. I collapse. Some days when my heart is out of place, my soul is pierced. Please bring my child home as soon as possible."
Almog's sister, Tide Meir, adds: "The Shin Bet knows where Yahya Sinwar breathes and in which room he sleeps. Our intelligence is of high quality. I believe they have the ability and strength to bring everyone home as soon as possible. I trust Almog to survive and return to us. I beg our leaders: Don't wait. First of all, let the children be at home."
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