"On the one hand, it's a sign of life and we're happy to receive information that Grandpa is alive and that he can return, but on the other hand, he doesn't look good and that's very worrying," said Ophir, the granddaughter of Yoram Metzger, who appeared in a video released Monday by Hamas as part of its psychological warfare.
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"Anyone who doesn't know my grandfather doesn't understand and doesn't know how good he looked. People expect to see abductees bleeding and hurt, but Hamas probably won't photograph these people."
A video released by Hamas shows the three abductees Haim Peri, Amiram Cooper and Yoram Metzger sitting next to each other, with beards and neglected clothes. Haim Peri, 79, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the three spoke in the video and said that the abductees are under harsh conditions, and the elderly suffer from diseases that are not treated properly.
It is impossible to contain the sights. Nir Oz, Photo: Oren Cohen
"People have tried to reduce the urgency that we are trying to convey. And it bothered me a lot," Ofir said, adding: "They're trying to say how bad it is, but my grandfather has been in captivity for 74 days. He is diabetic and the condition of diabetics worsens without proper nutrition and without medication. You can see that he's thin. My grandfather is a smiling person, he is without his hearing aids, so you can see that he is reading from the page. He couldn't hear what they were telling him."
Yoram Metzger, 80, member of Kibbutz Nir Oz. He worked in the Nirlat factory and in recent years in a garage. Member of the kibbutz winery. Father of 3 sons and grandfather of 7 grandchildren. His wife, Tammy Metzger, was also abducted to Gaza and released. "My grandmother knows from the existence of the video. She saw him. It did her good and bad. Glad to know that he was alive and that nothing had changed. She was held captive with him until she returned.
Yoram Metzger, Photo: None
She is very worried about his current situation. She knows the conditions are unconditional. She knows the mental difficulty they are experiencing. Some of them don't know what happened to their families," Ofir continued.
Yoram Metzger's granddaughter knows that this is yet another cynical move by Hamas, which is trying to use the abductees and its saa as a bargaining chip and a tool in psychological warfare against Israel, and joins the demand of all representatives of the families of the abductees to do everything possible to immediately release them all, as soon as possible.
"How long is it going to go on like this? It does not suffer delay, it is not a slogan. The government needs to remember the abductees every day, not just when they post a video of them."
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