The huge rally in the hostage square that took place this evening (Saturday night) was accompanied by a screening of the harsh testimonies of 17-year-old Agam Goldstein Almog, who was released after 51 days from captivity, and 18-year-old Ofir Engel, who was released from captivity after 54 days.
"One day we went from house to tunnel," Agam said. "Suddenly, the door opened and we met six girls. Many girls have experienced severe sexual abuse, they are injured with very serious and complex injuries that are not treated. I can't even imagine how they're doing or what hope they're clinging to."
17-year-old Agam recounted the horrific horrors she was exposed to in her family's personal story: "My father was standing at the entrance to the safe room with the plank of my sister's bed, they came in and shot him straight away. He shouted 'no no no' and we sat hugged in a corner of the room. They led us outside, passed over my father, saw him lying with his hands up. We didn't even go down to kiss him or say goodbye. Everything was foggy and their screams and then my sister fainted and was shot too."
On arriving in Gaza as a kidnapped and being held captive, she said: "We came to Gaza, you live death. You don't know when it's going to catch you or what it's going to look like, whether it's tortured or just shot or shot by the air force in general. You keep thinking about what death is going to look like."
Suddenly, we met six girls who were alone
"One day we went from house to tunnel, suddenly a door opens and six girls are waiting, and suddenly we realized that there were girls who were alone. A lot of girls have experienced severe sexual abuse, they have very, very serious and complex injuries that are not treated. They bandage themselves or we helped them bandage. When we were with them, it was already a time when they only wear bandages every five days because there are no bandages anymore. I guess it's now once in more days because the materials have run out and the supply is dwindling, and that's both the physical and the mental damage.
I can't even imagine how they're doing, what hope they're clinging to."
"I ask you to do everything possible to get them out. Really act and move and move. It's a basic right that everyone deserves – to go home, to their families, to build a life."
"They shot the dog and took us all outside"
As mentioned, the huge rally in the hostage square also screened the harsh testimony of Ofir Engel, who was released after 54 days from captivity.
"I was at my friend Yuval's. At about 12:30 P.M., we heard the boom that broke the door of the house, the barrel of the rifle entered. First, they shot the dog and took us all outside. The last time I saw Yuval and her family was standing on the road with two terrorists, so I thought they were kidnapped or dead."
Testimony of Ofir Engel: "We were told all the time that we were not going to come back alive, that no one wanted us in Israel" //Family Headquarters
"First thing when I arrived in Israel, I asked one of the soldiers in the minibus what happened to Yuval and the family. She told me it was okay and I started crying."
"My girlfriend's father and his brother are still there and 131 other abductees. I want to ask anyone who can pressure the decision makers to pay any price to bring all the abductees home. We want them to come back kidnapped, not coffins."
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