Four young Israeli that carried out their military service near the Gaza Strip When they were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, they must be released this Saturday, within the framework of the truce agreement between Hamas and Israel.
Liri Albat, Karina Arrie, Daniel’s visit to Naama Levy They were kidnapped together when they were highlighted in a surveillance unit on the border with the Palestinian enclave, at the base of Nahal Oz, near the Kibutz of the same name. His kidnapping was recorded by the attackers.
Three other soldiers were taken hostages with them. They are Agam Berger, who is still captivated in Gaza and is presumed alive; Noa Marciano, whose body was later repatriated to Israel, and Ori Megidish, liberated alive by the army at the end of October 2023.
Liri Albag, 19 years
Liri Albag was 18 when she was kidnapped. As noted by The Jerusalem Post in July, he managed to pass messages to his relatives through liberated hostages in which he asked his sister Shai not to cancel the traditional trip after military service (an Israeli tradition). And above all not touch his favorite shoes.
According to other ex -hostage testimonies, disseminated in the press by his parents, he was forced to cook, clean and care for the children of their captors.
Liri Albag appeared in January in a video of about 3 minutes and 30 seconds broadcast by Hamas. Shira and Eli Albag, their parents, are very active in mobilization to ask for the release of hostages.
Karina Ariev, 20 years
Shortly before his kidnapping, Karina Ariev, 19 years then, spoke on the phone with her parents, when rockets rained and the militants attacked the base. The contact ceased at 7:40 h.
“She asked us to continue with our lives” If she died, her sister Sasha reported in an interview with Time Magazine. According to the video of her capture, the young soldier was injured on October 7. It appeared in January 2024 in a video published by Hamas on the social network Telegram, next to Daniella Gilboa.
According to the Hostage Families Forum, “he dreams of being a psychologist.”
Israeli hostages to release are (from left to right and from top to bottom) Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa, Liri Albag and Karina Ariev / EFE
Daniella Gilboa, 20 years
The morning of October 7, 2023, Daniella Gilboa, also 19 years old at that time, was in contact with her relatives and sent videos to her boyfriend.
Thanks to the clothes he was wearing in those images, he could identify it later in Hamas videos. Originally from Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, the young woman is “passionate music (who studies) piano and song” and that was aimed at making a musical career, according to the forum of families.
Naama Levy, 20 years old
In a video of his capture, broadcast by Hamas, Naama Levy, 19 years then, is escorted towards a vehicle, dressed in pants that looks stained with blood. The soldier, granddaughter of survivors of the concentration camps, appears with her face inflamed in other images.
According to an Internet site created by his relatives, Naama Levy, second from a family of four children, grew in India, where he studied in an American school.
Participated in his childhood in the program Hands of Peacewhich promotes the dialogue between young Israeli and Palestinians. Practice triathlon.
