After being released from captivity in the third phase of the hostage deal with the Hamas terror organization, 84-year-old Alma Avraham, one of the older women abducted to Gaza, returned to Israel directly to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva yesterday, in poor physical condition and in serious clinical condition. A Soroka spokeswoman said Monday that her condition "continues to be serious. She is hospitalized in the general intensive care unit and her life is still in danger."
Uri Ravitz, whose mother Alma Avraham was held captive by Hamas
Alma was abducted on a motorcycle from her kibbutz to Gaza, and since then her children have been crying out to bring her home. On the morning of October 7, when sirens began in Nahal Oz as well, Alma, who lives alone, entered the safe room. Like the rest of the kibbutz residents, she was instructed not to leave. While there, she spoke with her son Uri Ravitz, who said: "She said she was in the safe room alone. I told her that there was an infiltration of terrorists in Sderot, and it took me a while to understand that she was saying, 'There is also here.'" The terrorists who arrived at the kibbutz broke into her home and kidnapped her. When one of her children arrived at her house, he found an empty, upside-down, destroyed house. The safe room in the house was open and her bed was upside down. The family received information that Alma may have been kidnapped, and later a photo came to confirm this.
While still in captivity, her son told Israel Hayom: "I look at the picture and I see my 84-year-old mother sitting on a motorcycle, with two armed men next to her and her face turned back a little, but it's clear to me that it's her. Please bring my mother home. She is a very beautiful woman, both inside and out. It has the innocence of the person who established this country."
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