Sharon Avigdori, a sister of Avshalom Haran and a drama therapist, was visiting her household in Be’eri together with her daughter, Noam Avigdori, after they had been seized.
Sharon Avigdori works with individuals on the autism spectrum and lives in Hod Hasharon, in central Israel. Her husband, Hen Avigdori, and their son Omer, 16, had stayed house that weekend.
Mr. Avigdori, a tv author, informed The Jerusalem Publish this month that he was “a person on a mission” to carry again his spouse and daughter. He stated his spouse’s work “adjustments the world.”
He described his daughter as a younger socialite and a prime scholar. “She likes studying, she is hilarious, she has a really sarcastic humorousness, she cracks me up,” he stated.
Emily Hand, 9
Emily Hand, an Irish Israeli, was kidnapped from a sleepover at a pal’s home in Kibbutz Be’eri and turned 9 whereas in captivity.
Her household initially believed she had been killed within the assault, however was later knowledgeable that she was kidnapped. Her older sister, Natalie Hand, informed Israel’s Channel 12 that the household had cried for Emily when it was knowledgeable she had been killed.
“We had been informed that she had been murdered; we had been in mourning,” she stated. Then, “on Oct. 31, they informed us that it was extremely probably that she had been kidnapped.”
Talking at a information convention on the Israeli Embassy in London lately, her father, Thomas Hand, stated, “I’m going to drag each little string that I can for my very own daughter, and hopefully that helps the remaining as effectively.”
Eire’s president met with Mr. Hand in latest weeks.
Maya Regev, 21
Maya Regev was on the Tribe of Nova music pageant on Oct. 7 when Hamas attackers infiltrated Israel and massacred tons of of younger festivalgoers. Her brother, Itay, with whom she attended the pageant, continues to be believed to be held in Gaza.
Their father, Ilan Regev Derby, described in October being haunted by the final dialog he had with Ms. Regev, which he recorded on his telephone. She referred to as because the gunmen closed in.
In a single Hamas video, Itay is proven, arms certain, behind a pickup, alive. One other pal they attended the pageant with, Omer Shem Tov, can be nonetheless believed to be held in Gaza.
Mirit Regev, Maya’s mom, expressed the blended emotions of many households in a press release on Sunday:
“I’m excited and completely happy that Maya is on her method to us now. Nonetheless, my coronary heart is cut up as a result of my son, Itay, continues to be in Hamas’s captivity in Gaza,” she stated, including, “I’m going to hug Maya so onerous. We won’t cease till Itay and all of the hostages get again house.”