Zvika Mor, the father of captivity survivor Eitan Mor, issued a statement to the media this evening (Wednesday), during which he spoke about Eitan's condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He began his remarks by reciting a chapter of Psalms, "A Psalm of Thanksgiving," and then said: "In praise and thanksgiving to God, we were privileged to embrace our Eitan, two years since we last saw him. Our hero fought to save his brothers and sisters from the massacre, until he was kidnapped that day by armed Gazan civilians. We do not know what we have been blessed with that a higher providence wanted to preserve Eitan's life and protect him. It will take many years to understand how good is being revealed to the people of Israel and the State of Israel - and we can see him emerging and shining.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""Eitan is getting stronger day by day and regaining his strength. He is strong. The dedication of the fighters is what allowed us to live in our country. The fighters put the good of the country before their own good. This is how hostages are rescued. We pray that the families of the fallen will soon be granted burial in the Jewish cemetery. We embrace the bereaved families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""There is a government in Israel - we would like to thank the government and Prime Minister Netanyahu for achieving tremendous achievements," he said. "We would like to thank the Prime Minister's wife for her support for the bereaved families and the families of the kidnapped. We would like to thank Minister Ron Dermer for his work for the country. We would like to thank Gal Hirsch for her dedication to the kidnapped and their families.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father, one of the leaders of the 'Tikva' forum, explained his position on the hostage deal: "For the first time in Israel, families of hostages demanded the return of the hostages while taking into account national security and the bereaved families. We demanded that a price be charged from the enemy and not from the citizens of Israel, who have paid more than enough for Arab terrorism. Only the combined pressures on Hamas brought it to the negotiating table and the return of the hostages. We would like to thank the very many who supported us along the way.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zvika Mor addressed Netanyahu: "Hamas must be exacted until it surrenders. Hamas must be destroyed and the enemy encouraged to leave the Gaza Strip - and return it to the people of Israel. We are not asking for a foreign land, but for our own country, a piece of land from the tribe of Judah. \u200b\u200bIt must be shown that from now on there is no agreement or normalization with terrorist organizations. The only law against terrorist organizations is that there is no law. Everything is permitted and everything is right, including violating agreements, in order to protect the citizens of Israel. Prime Minister - the entire nation is behind you until the enemy is destroyed.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family of captivity survivor Alon Ohel also issued a statement to the media from Beilinson Hospital, where he was taken after his release from Hamas captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""Our Alon wanted to convey a message," said his mother, Idit. "In captivity, he saw how the people of Israel fought for him, how foreign people fought for him, and that gave him the strength to survive.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She added: "This week, two years of prayers and hopes finally became reality. This week we were able to hug our Alon again. The biggest and most beautiful smile in this world returned to us. Alon absorbed in amazement the waves of love that enveloped us in these days, the magnitude of the embrace of this wonderful people who brought him home. Shortly after the initial meeting with him, Alon sat down in his room and played the piano at Beilinson Hospital. After over 700 days in the silence of the tunnels, his melody began to resonate again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""There is no more wonderful expression than these sounds, of our victory as a people, of our strength as a society, of the strength of our faith and hope. Alon returned exhausted from a long and unimaginable period in the heaviest darkness imaginable, but he is getting stronger and better every day. We always knew he had the mental strength to endure, but honestly we can all say that his strength surpassed anything we could have imagined. There is no word in the dictionary that can describe the resilience and bravery of this amazing man whose parents we were privileged to be.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mother described her son's injury, who was hit by shrapnel in the eye and suffered a head injury. "He survived in the tunnels and was carelessly stitched up in captivity with the shrapnel still in his body. As a result, he suffers from pain in his head. In the last two days, he has undergone a series of comprehensive tests by the dedicated medical team - and a very big thank you goes to everyone.". <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""He will later have to undergo eye surgery, and the doctors believe that his vision can be significantly improved. We pray that it will be so. The deal to release the hostages saved Alon's life and the lives of all the hostages. We will be eternally grateful to everyone who made it happen, to everyone who gave dozens of mothers torn apart by longing the opportunity to embrace the great treasure that was taken from them.".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05e6\u05d1\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05e8, \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05de\u05d5\u05e8, \u05de\u05e1\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1 (\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9) \u05d4\u05e6\u05d4\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05ea\u05e7\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea, \u05d1\u05de\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05d4 \u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e6\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df. \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \"\u05de\u05d6\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05ea\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4\" - \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8: \"\u05d1\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d4' \u05d6\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d1\u05e7 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05d6 \u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4. \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e0\u05dc\u05d7\u05dd \u05dc\u05d4\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5 \u05de\u05d4\u05d8\u05d1\u05d7, \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d7\u05d8\u05e3 […]","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":1019367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[53623,58741,52581,58726],"class_list":["post-1019349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-24","tag-53623","tag-58741","tag-52581","tag-58726"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n