Oriane Adar, Yaffa Adar's granddaughter, who we all remember when she was transported on a scooter to the Gaza Strip, is expected to meet the President of Israel on Sunday.
Before meeting Herzog, Oriane said: "My grandmother's last greeting is the video of her being led on a scooter. We haven't known anything about her for two weeks."
Participants in a protest for the abductees confront journalist Avishai Ben Haim near the president's residence // Photo: Yoni Rikner
The Families Headquarters for the Abducted and Missing, Photo: Gideon Markowitz
Adar also said that she expects every citizen of the country to understand that in captivity in Gaza there are wounded, sick and elderly people who may die there. "We will bring more bodies home. We don't want anyone to die so cruelly alone. "I demand that everyone do everything to bring them whole in body, because in the soul they will no longer be whole. If we return them as bodies, we haven't done anything."
On the release of Yehudit and Natalie Raanan on Friday evening, she said: "I am happy for every one who is released, but we have to remember that we have another 212 abductees there. It is very sad that my grandmother, who in no way agreed to us to make foreign citizenship out of patriotism for the State of Israel, is now paying a price for it."
Yehudit and Natalie Raanan, who were abducted by Hamas, are transferred to the Red Cross
Orian also referred to the planned ground maneuver in Gaza: "I'm not relaxed about the ground incursion, but I'm neither a statesman nor a military woman. I am a granddaughter who wants my grandmother and her cousin to live at home now. First bring them back, and then there will be time for the entire military operation."
On her opinion on the functioning of Gal Hirsch, who is in charge of dealing with the issue of abductees on behalf of the prime minister, she said: "I want to believe that everyone is doing their job properly, but I don't need a hug or a caress. I want my grandmother, Yaffa Adar, and my cousin Tamir Adar at home."
Gal Hirsch with the abductees released from Hamas captivity, photo: uncredited
"The Israeli government vs. the American government - there is no comparison"
Sandy, a relative of Adrienne and Keith Siegel, said: "My sister was kidnapped with her husband to Gaza. They are 20 years old and have four children between the ages of <> and <>. I must say that as someone who also has American citizenship, it is impossible at all to compare the actions of the American administration with the treatment we receive from the Israeli government. We never stop calling and taking an interest from the American government. If it's Biden, government officials, senators and who isn't? There's a sense that people care and that things are moving."
"The attitude from the State of Israel is completely different. We are barely informed, we barely get a response. I can only hope that this means that things are happening behind the scenes, otherwise there is no explanation for it. I must add that we were very angry to see the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. How is it possible that you bring in truckloads of aid when so many of our abductees are in the hands of Hamas?"
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