Ms. Marman, 63, a member of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, was taken hostage on Oct. 7, alongside together with her companion, Luis Norberto Har, and three visiting relations: a brother, Fernando Marman, 60; a sister, Gabriela Leimberg, 59; and Ms. Leimberg’s 17-year-old daughter, Mia Leimberg, a highschool senior who lives in Jerusalem.
Moshe Leimberg, Gabriela’s husband and Mia’s father, stayed house in Jerusalem that day as a result of he had the flu.
In a discover he posted on LinkedIn, Mr. Leimberg stated that since Oct. 7, he had heard nothing from or about his spouse and daughter. “Not a phrase, not an image,” he wrote. “They simply disappeared, forsaking a number of scattered private results, nearly as in the event that they by no means existed.”
Their absence, he stated, “has left a gaping gap.”
Gabriela Leimberg is the supervisor of a day-care heart for youth adults with autism. The group, Shekel, has pleaded for the household’s launch.
Mia Leimberg, who is thought for her singing voice, has studied on the Jersualem Excessive College of the Arts, and in addition labored at a bookshop, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board. The household canine was taken with the household; on Tuesday, movies on native information retailers confirmed Mia carrying a canine as she approached the Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross automobiles.
A banner hanging at Mia’s highschool reads, “We’re ready for you, Mia, to return again.”
Mr. Har and Mr. Marman are nonetheless believed to stay in Gaza.
Ditza Heiman, 84
Ditza Heiman, 84, was one of many first members of Kibbutz Nir Oz and had spent her whole grownup life on the kibbutz, her son, Gideon Heiman, stated at a information convention held by the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board earlier this month.
Ms. Heiman, who labored as a social employee, retired simply earlier than she turned 80, Mr. Heiman stated. “She spent her entire life serving to individuals and serving to deal with individuals,” he stated.
Ms. Heiman requires anticoagulant remedy and suffered from a pulmonary embolism up to now, Dr. Sharon Kleitman, the household doctor of Kibbutz Nir Oz, stated on the similar information convention.
“My mom shouldn’t be a wholesome girl, and he or she wants drugs,” Mr. Heiman stated.
When the household tried to name Ms. Heiman on the day of the assault, somebody picked up and stated, “It’s Hamas,” her daughter, Neta Heiman, stated in a video posted by the discussion board.
“Once I envision my mom there, she’s taking good care of everybody,” Ms. Heiman stated within the video, including: “That’s my mom. She’ll deal with everybody if she solely can. In the event that they solely let her.”
“My mom, and plenty of of her pals on Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been massacred, have been individuals of peace,” Neta Heiman stated in an opinion piece within the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, including, “All that my mom and her pals needed was to stay in peace within the small Eden that they had constructed there within the desert.”
Tamar Metzger, 78
Tamar Metzger, 78, was taken hostage alongside together with her husband, Yoram Metzger, from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, in keeping with a report within the Instances of Israel. The couple has three youngsters and 7 grandchildren.
She had labored within the kibbutz nursery and ran the final retailer, however lately had been a full-time grandmother, spending a whole lot of time caring for her grandchildren, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board.
Tamar has restricted mobility, in keeping with the discussion board, and spends a whole lot of time on her balcony, studying, doing crossword puzzles and smoking cigarettes.
Her husband is believed to stay in Gaza.
Noralin Babadila, 60
Noralin Babadila, 60, was visiting pals at Kibbutz Nirim on Oct. 7, when terrorists attacked, killing her companion, Gideon Babani, and taking her hostage. The kibbutz was celebrating the anniversary of its founding that weekend.
Ms. Babadila was born within the Philippines however lived in Yehud, a metropolis in central Israel. She spoke together with her brother by phone within the early morning of Oct. 7 and advised him that she was scared and that she won’t return, in keeping with a report in The Instances of Israel.
Ada Sagi, 75
Ada Sagi, 75, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, has taught Hebrew and Arabic, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board.
The kid of Holocaust survivors from Poland, she moved to a kibbutz when she was 18, in keeping with The Related Press.
She was preparing for a deliberate a visit to London to go to her household and to have fun her seventy fifth birthday when she was kidnapped on Oct. 7.
Meirav Tal, 53
Meirav Tal, 53, her boyfriend, Yair Yaakov, and his youngsters, Or, 16, and Yagil, 12, have been all taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7.
Each Or and Yagil have been launched on Monday, the fourth day of the cease-fire, as a part of a bunch of 11 freed Israeli hostages.
Yair Yaakov is believed to stay in Gaza.
Rimon Kirsht, 36
Rimon Kirsht, 36, and her husband, Yagev Buchshtab, 34, have been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nirim on Oct. 7.
The couple married two years in the past, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board, and had 5 canines and 5 cats, most of which had been abused earlier than being adopted.
Ms. Kirsht practices various drugs and reflexology, and volunteered at Maslan, a help heart for victims of sexual assault and home violence in southern Israel.
Ms. Kirsht loves rising crops, adopting and elevating animals and listening to music, favoring Israeli bands, Weapons N’Roses and U2, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board.
Ms. Kirsht was included in a hostage video launched by Hamas in late October. Mr. Buchshtab is believed to stay in Gaza.
Ofelia Adit Roitman, 77
Ofelia Roitman, 77, moved to Israel from Argentina in 1985, in keeping with a Fb submit by the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board.
She lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz and has 9 grandchildren.
Ms. Roitman was an educator who taught first and second grade college students for twenty years, her daughter, Natalie Madmaon, stated in a video posted by the Israeli public broadcaster, Kan.
Her household misplaced contact together with her on Oct. 7, Ms. Madmaon stated within the video.
She labored in training within the kibbutz for a few years, in keeping with the Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board.
Johnatan Reiss contributed reporting.