THE distraught families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists since October say they are living a “rollercoaster in hell”.
Gal GiIboa Dalal, 29, told of his battle for survival amid hails of gunfire, before Guy, 23, was captured, bound, and imprisoned deep in Gaza.
Chris EadesAmit Levy, left, and Gal Gilboa Dalal have spoken about how their families have suffered with family members being held hostage by Hamas[/caption]
Chris EadesGal’s brother Guy was at a music festival when he was taken on October 7[/caption]
Chris EadesAmit says he and his family are still going through the trauma[/caption]
He hid for nine hours on fateful October 7 before he was rescued – only to learn that his brother was recorded in a tunnel by gunmen.
Guy, a popular and peace loving musician, was enjoying his first music festival experience before terrorists butchered 360 people.
He told The Sun: “I arrived 15 minutes before the shooting started and met my brother. There was such an amazing energy. The people were all celebrating peace and love.
“Then the alarms started, some people were taking cover, others began running, and we could see the rockets flying overhead.
“I asked my brother to join me in my car. He hesitated for a second and said I don’t want my friends to feel that I left them. He said I will see you later.
“After 20 minutes of struggling to drive through the traffic, the shooting started. There was gunfire all around me.
“People began to move their cars and run away, and bullets were hitting the vehicles.
“I abandoned my car and I found an area I could hide near a tree.
“I spoke to my brother on the phone and told him to stay as close to the police as you can. This was the last time that I spoke to him.
“People began running into my direction covered in blood. The terrorists were closing in on us. It was awful. There was explosions and shooting everywhere.
“I called my brother again, but he didn’t answer, from that moment all I could think of was what happened to him. I tried to call countless times.
“I was rescued by cops after nine hours.
“My dad called me and said that guy was captured along with his friends. A video showed them lying on the floor inside the tunnel.
“My brother is a peaceful man, he is strong but it sickens me to think that he has been used as a currency in this war.
“We just hope that he will return to us soon.
“It is like being on a rollercoaster in hell, we have bad days and we have worse day. I’ve not seen my mother Meriav smile in eight months.
“She cries until she cannot cry any more.”
Meanwhile devastated Amit Levy, 21, relived the moment he discovered his teenage sister was captured in a sickening propaganda clip.
People began running into my direction covered in blood. The terrorists were closing in on us. It was awful. There was explosions and shooting everywhere
Gal GIboa Dalal
Millions recoiled in horror after vile footage filmed by Hamas showed innocent Naama Levy, 19, being pulled by her hair by militants after she was kidnapped from her kibbutz.
For almost eight months she has been kept in unknown conditions by Palestinian gunmen, as reports emerged of fellow hostages being subjected to depraved sexual abuse and torture.
Heartbroken Amit said he awoke to the video of his nursery volunteer sister, limping and bleeding, after she was targeted in Nahal Oz Kibbutz on October 7.
Amit, fighting back tears, said: “From that morning [October 7] it has been eight months of chaos.
“It started when my mum got a phone call from my father saying that sister was saying in a video and he was certain it was her.
“I watched the video. My parents could not bring themselves to see it for weeks.
“The footage showed Naama being dragged by her long blonde hair from the back of a Jeep at gunpoint by terrorists in Gaza.
“They were shouting and screaming at her. She was in her pyjamas and bleeding, we know that she was injured on her legs.
“It is a trauma that we are still going through, and it is never ends.
“When we go to sleep at night, if we are able to, we know nothing about sister condition and how she is being treated.
“I keep telling myself stories that maybe she is a bit more lucky and she is being treated in some kind of humanitarian way.
“We know that the people who kidnapped her are monsters, but I keep on telling myself she is the strongest person that I know.
“That keeps me strong, and it keeps my family strong, because we know that she is a survivor. That is what to allows us to get out of bed in the morning.
“My sister is a very gentle and kind young woman. She is softly spoken, yet so strong.
We know that the people who kidnapped her are monsters
Amit Levy on his teenage sister Naama
“We are like a typical brother and sister, annoying each other, it is those times that I miss the most.
“There are talks of a deal, but we are trying not to get too excited, because the fall is very hard.
“Every moment counts, the hostages, are dying. There is right and wrong and my sister and the other 127 Hostages never harmed anyone.
“They are pure souls, who deserve to be back with their families.”
Both men blasted the decision by an International Criminal Court prosecutor to call for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu over killings in Gaza by Israeli troops.
Gal said: “I think it’s terrible to compare what’s Israel has done and what it is doing and what’s the country has suffered from.
“You can agree, or not agree with how things have gone, but in reality, you can’t fight a knife with hugs and kisses.
“I am a peaceful man and I don’t want war, but you can’t stay silent when your people are being brutally murdered, raped and kidnapped.”
Amit added: “I think it’s disgraceful that Netanyahu has been charged alongside James, they are trying to create some sense of symmetry.
“A comparison between Israel and those who have kidnapped raped and killed is wrong.”
A total of 125 hostages remain unaccounted for.
Chris EadesAmit, left, and Gal say they feel like they are on a ‘rollercoaster in hell’[/caption]
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