The Brodech family is reunited: Hagar (40), Ofri (10), Yuval (8) and Uriah (4) Brodech, residents of Kfar Gaza, returned to Israel on Sunday evening as part of the hostage deal being conducted with Hamas. Now the kidnapped family will be reunited with the mother of their father, Avichai, who remains in Israel.
The Yaakobi family, neighbors of Burdatch's family in the village of Gaza, spoke about the family's release and told Channel 12: "We waited for you, we missed you, Chen, Talul, Lake, Ofri, Yobi, Arga, our life we missed you, we want to see you, we will not stop fighting for all the abductees, the certificate of victory is that everyone will return home.
"The feeling of involvement, on the one hand, we are very happy, but as long as we have friends and families with the murderous enemy, we will not stop fighting until everyone here is safe and sound."
The Story of a Family Separated
For 50 days, since his family was kidnapped, Avichai Brodetz barely slept. He embarked on a public and media campaign to save his wife and children, who were kidnapped together with the girl Abigail Idan, their neighbor, who hid with them in the safe room after her parents were murdered.
Merhavim residents excitedly receive the convoy of liberated persons // Photo: Chen Kalimi
On the morning of the attack, Avichai Brodetz heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, he noticed Abigail with the blood of her father, Roy Idan, who was his best friend. He left Abigail with his wife Hagar and went out to fight and try to save the Idan family, but the terrorists took over the kibbutz – and he was unable to return to his kidnapped family.
Avichai Brodetz, whose family was abducted to Gaza: "Let Israel make every possible effort to return the women and children" // Photo: Avi Cohen
Hagar and Avichai met in the army about 20 years ago, and have been together ever since. The family says 10-year-old Ofri is "Daddy's girl," and together they love to play guitar. 8-year-old Yuval is a "sensitive child and pure soul," and 4-year-old Uriah is the smallest and naughtiest. The day before the massacre on the kibbutz, the family celebrated Ofri's 10th birthday. On the table was a birthday cake that did not have time to be eaten until the end – the soldiers who came to inspect the house found it, and began to tear up.
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