95 kibbutz members and guests were murdered with unparalleled cruelty by Hamas terrorists. 30 friends were abducted from their home, 19 of them were returned and Yehudit Weiss's body was recovered. Currently, 10 kibbutz members are being held captive in the Gaza Strip.
Oren Sharabi, whose father and aunt are still abducted in Gaza, said: "My name is Oren, this is my first time in Bari since October 7. It scared me to come here. It's hard for me to be here after everything we've been through. I'm dealing with fear because the scariest thing my father is kidnapped in Gaza."
"On October 6, Dad promised me to play soccer together, but on Saturday morning I woke up to another world. My father held the door to the safe room. The first time he managed to stop them, but the second time they managed to break in. I heard the terrorists laughing. They led us out of the house."
The terrorists then abducted her father and her sister's boyfriend, Ofir Engel, who had returned from captivity.
She added: "My dad will have everything for me. He was always there. Now every drop of time will happen."
Amit Shani, 16, an eleventh grader from Bari, was in the safe room with his mother and sisters, Hamas terrorists infiltrated his home, broke down the safe room door, grabbed Amit and took him with them, setting fire to the family home. Today he recreated the moments of terror.
"It started with red, which is pretty routine. But then there was an announcement of an intrusion. We were sure the event was over but with every minute it only got worse. They broke into our house. They broke into the safe room."
"They took us to Gaza. The emotions there were very difficult. Longing and huge lawlessness. Whoever is there is scared all the time. You don't know if there will be tomorrow. If you wake up. I want to ask to demand all the abductees. They were abandoned once and they don't deserve to be abandoned a second time."
13-year-old Hila Rotem, who was released on Saturday after 50 days in Hamas captivity, said: "I was kidnapped together with my mother and friend Emily Hand. I was in Gaza for 50 days. It was hard for me. We were in the dark a lot and we weren't allowed to talk, only whisper. I dreamed a lot about food at home and cold drinks."
She said that many places had passed through the Gaza Strip. "I was separated from my mother," Hila said. "On the bus on the way to Israel, they asked me if I had a guess who I would meet. I thought my uncle was dead, so I said other people's names."
Hila said that a few days after she returned to Israel, she was told that her mother was being released. "I didn't want to go to sleep and waited for her all night. I can't stop thinking about what those who are still there are going through. I know exactly what they're going through."
Hila's mother, Raya, also spoke about the moments of terror. "At 12 noon, I heard talking in Arabic. The terrorists entered the safe room with guns and knives, grabbed me by the shirt and just led me to Gaza."
Raya says she found it difficult to understand the situation, especially in light of the lack of security forces around her. "The road to Gaza was completely open. There were no planes, no soldiers. I saw the fence and realized we had reached Gaza. The conditions in captivity were not easy."
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