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“We know they were surviving and being held in the tunnels for the past seven months,” mother of hostage Liri Elbag says.
By United with Israel and JNS
The mother of one of the female IDF soldiers taken captive on October 7 by Hamas says she has received indication that her daughter is still alive.
Shira, the mother of hostage Liri Elbag, told Ynet that the family had been presented with a sign that Liri and other captive female soldiers had been held by Hamas in tunnels for the past 7 months.
“They are surviving,” she said. “They’ve been in the tunnels for over seven months. We saw a clip of Liri being told to stand up, sit down, she does what she was told. The clip is from the early days after the abduction. We know the girls were later separated,” she added.
“They are alive,” she said on Tuesday, according to Ynet. “We had a sign of life a month and a half ago. We know they were surviving and being held in the tunnels for the past seven months.”
On Tuesday night, the families of five female Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 released new photos of their daughters.
The images, released by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, show Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy shortly after they were taken from the IDF Field Observers base in Nahal Oz.
The families shared the photos with members of the media during a press conference at the headquarters of the Forum in Tel Aviv.
In May, the Forum released a video of Hamas terrorists abducting the IDF observers on the morning of Oct. 7. The footage, captured by the terrorists’ body cameras, revealed the violence and trauma experienced by five of the seven spotters captured alive.
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