Yoni Asher, whose two young daughters and his wife were released from Gaza last week, published a post today (Sunday) with a moving transcription of a conversation he had with Raz (4.4) and Aviv (2.5).
Asher, a resident of the Sharon area, was not present at the family visit to his mother-in-law in Kibbutz Nir Oz, from which his wife and daughters were kidnapped. In a video he received after the abduction, he identified his wife, whom a terrorist had placed a headscarf on, and his two young daughters on a stroller.
"A few minutes from the moment I first met Raz Aviv, my little girls aged 4.5 and 2.5 until this moment, they don't stop talking:
Raz: "Dad, lucky you didn't ride the tractor with us."
Aviv: "The evil lifted me up and I cried."
Raz: "Dad, have you met Grandma?" (who was murdered).
Aviv: "The wicked took Mom's ring."
Raz: "I prepared blessings for you and they wouldn't let me take it."
Aviv: "Daddy, are the wicked in prison?"
Raz: "Maybe Grandma was injured?"
Aviv: "Dad, you weren't on the tractor with us."
Me: "That's right..".
Spring: "Why?"
"Holding myself, I answer calmly and explain patiently. That's how I am for a week, close to them, not leaving, just hugging. Doron, who is the heroine in the whole story, held them captive for 49 days with one eye open at night that they would not be separated. Both of our bodies and minds are exhausted. But right now that's not what matters, the story will still be told. At the moment, our brothers and sisters who are still held captive are important.
Yoni, who is reunited with his wife Doron and daughters Raz and Aviv, photo: Report, courtesy of the families
"Gadi Mozes (79), one of the oldest abductees, Lou Raz and Aviv call "Grandpa Gadi" because he has been my late mother-in-law's partner for 20 years. Father, grandfather, brother, who lost his partner he loved so much, and now he is still there, kidnapped. Kfir Bibas (11 months), the youngest of the abductees, the sweet baby who can't sleep at night because he and his brother
"Ariel is being held captive there, after my grandparents were murdered and my mother and father were kidnapped. Unbearable, unacceptable. Everyone, from big to small, are our brothers and sisters, our children, our babies, who would have thought they would be kidnapped? You can't stop, you can't breathe, until they're home!"
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