Landing of the kidnapped helicopter/IDF spokesman
"We still don't quite understand what happened. Above all, we thank everyone for all the effort, and we hope that little by little he will get stronger and we will return to our normal lives," says Karin Har in Jarno, the home of Louis Har who was rescued from Hamas captivity yesterday, on the Seven-Nine program with Udi Segal and Anat Davidoff on Radio 103FM.
Lewis was rescued last night together with Fernando Simon Merman in a heroic operation by the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Defense Forces in the Rafah area. Upon their rescue, the two were taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital for medical treatment.
Karin tells of the joy in her family with the news of Lewis' rescue, "when he arrived The phone and they called us to come to Tel Hashomer, we didn't understand where it was coming from.
We all stayed in the hospital, including the grandchildren.
He wants to be surrounded by family, he just says 'stay, be with us', with him and with Fernando.
We are here for them, and we will continue to fight for the rest of the abductees."
"We were surprised by his state of mind, he and Fernando knew exactly what day they were on and made sure to keep count," said Karin. "When we got to the hospital, he said, 'Idan Mazel Tov, you have a birthday today ', and noted all the grandchildren's birthdays he missed.
He will celebrate his birthday at the end of the month.
He is very thin, very pale, didn't sleep last night either, but his mental state is good."
"He is very thin, very pale, didn't sleep last night either, but his mental state is good."
Louis Herr/Courtesy of the family
Kirin continues and says that at this stage they don't know much about the time Lewis spent in captivity in Hamas.
"We know that they were in a house above the ground and that they were together, beyond that, we can't tell much. They knew exactly how many days had passed since they were taken captive and at some point began to lose hope, they said, 'What's going on? The days pass and we wait.'"
"The first release of the women and children was very traumatic for them, they felt they were left behind," she continues.
"He told me that the night before the rescue he started to cry tears of despair, 'I thought about each and every one of you and I cried,' he said. He is a positive, cute, smiling person, the soldiers who rescued them restored their optimism."
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