Argentino secuestrado por Hamas es liberado tras año y medio de cautiverio

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Un argentino de 46 años, residente en Israel desde el 2000, fue liberado por el grupo terrorista Hamas tras un año y medio de cautiverio. Esta liberación se da en el marco del cese al fuego entre Hamas e Israel. El hombre, que tenía problemas de salud, fue uno de los tres liberados recientemente. Sin embargo, su hermano continúa en cautiverio. La noticia ha generado gran alivio entre sus familiares y amigos cercanos en Argentina.

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00:00A 36-year-old Argentine was released by Hamas.

00:04His image, first exhibited by the terrorists,

00:08and then his arrival in Israel, the emotional hug with his family.

00:13Only three were delivered in the last hours.

00:16One of them was born here in Argentina, in the neighborhood of Villacrespu.

00:20That's right, we're talking about this 46-year-old Argentine

00:23who went to live in Israel in 2000,

00:26after being here in Argentina, traveling with his brother.

00:29Let's remember, as you said, Guille,

00:31his brother is still in captivity.

00:34He was kidnapped there in October,

00:37on October 7, 2023, in one of the kibbutz.

00:40He is still in captivity.

00:43This man, who had health problems of 46 years,

00:45was finally released.

00:47We are talking about a release, the sixth,

00:50in a framework where the first phase of a ceasefire agreement

00:54between the pro-Iranian terrorist group

00:57and, on the other hand, the Israeli government.

01:00Yonis Tolarsa is the best friend of this 46-year-old man, released.

01:05Of course, the anguish was very prolonged.

01:09It was almost 500 days.

01:11This story for the family is not over yet,

01:14because his brother, as you just noted, is a hostage.

01:17But I suppose, Yoni, that they are hours of joy

01:20in the framework of this anguish.

01:22Thank you for attending us.

01:24No, please.

01:26It's like you said, it's joy mixed with the sadness

01:31that his brother is still kidnapped.

01:35Tell us, where did you meet?

01:37Where does this friendship come from?

01:39What is that close bond?

01:42We have known each other since we were very young.

01:45We shared in youth groups,

01:49what was the informal part of the school.

01:52We went to the same school, the same age,

01:55all different grades.

01:57We shared part of that youth group.

02:00We were coordinators.

02:02Then we became coordinators,

02:04kind of kindergarten teachers of that group.

02:07And, well, since five, six, seven years,

02:11we have been very, very friends.

02:14In fact, the last time I was in Israel

02:18was a few months before October 7.

02:22And what did you think when you found out

02:25that you were on the list of kidnappers by Hamas,

02:28considering that at that time absolutely everything was uncertain?

02:32In fact, no one could guarantee

02:34that those people who had been taken as hostages

02:37were going to survive.

02:39What were those days like?

02:41And then you found out that he was alive.

02:43And, well, these negotiations that seemed endless.

02:46We are talking about a year and a half.

02:49That he was kidnapped,

02:52we did not officially know two or three hours later,

02:56because once he does not respond,

02:58nor the messages or anything,

03:00which usually responds almost instantly

03:03when something happens or something,

03:05he returns to the side of the strip,

03:07next to the border.

03:09And then he confirmed to us that he was not at home.

03:12Obviously, we already knew that something had happened.

03:15And then to know that he was alive was many months later.

03:21We just knew that he was not.

03:25Anxiety must be difficult.

03:27It never happened to me, obviously.

03:29And I think that not many people in the world

03:31must have gone through this experience.

03:33But there must not be a worse one, right?

03:35Of knowing how it is happening

03:37once you know that he is alive, for example.

03:40First, you can fear for his life,

03:42but once you know that his life is in danger,

03:44you do not know how it is happening to him.

03:46What are they doing to him?

03:48What could be happening to him?

03:50You never know what is the worst.

03:53Always what happens to one is the worst.

03:55And the other...

03:57Each one with his own world.

03:59Obviously, what was happening to him

04:01was not only bad,

04:03and by common sense you do not realize

04:05that what was happening to them was bad.

04:07And you realize with the results,

04:09how people return, how they were returning the kidnapped,

04:11you realize that they did not have a good time.

04:14The uncertainty of knowing

04:17what they were living on the other side of the border,

04:20with the war above,

04:22because they were in the tunnels,

04:24is what makes you anxious

04:26not to know what the other has.

04:28Go to sleep or bathe.

04:30Simply, here one does it often,

04:34it generates that,

04:36and the other is bathing,

04:38he is sleeping, he is eating.

04:40It is a year and a half of thinking

04:42what one does, what the other is doing.

04:45Did you share that anguish with your family?

04:47Did you normally talk to them?

04:51With their family, yes.

04:53I am in full contact with my family too.

04:59Unfortunately, I can only talk to one of the brothers,

05:02who is the one who is here, who is Amos,

05:04and with the mother.

05:07And we share it among ourselves,

05:09our friends who are here.

05:11We are very close,

05:13in fact, on Friday night

05:15the four of us get together

05:17to see him live,

05:19as if it were the end of the world.

05:22Did you talk? Did you already talk?

05:25We talked to the family,

05:27he still has not come into contact

05:30with technology,

05:32with the rest of society,

05:34but we know a lot of things,

05:36and luckily he is very well.

05:38What do you know? How did it happen?

05:41It didn't go well,

05:43I can't tell you much,

05:45but it clearly didn't go very well.

05:48What expectations do you have for your brother?

05:51Obviously, for the family,

05:53it is the big question,

05:55and surely for the loved ones.

05:57I include you too.

05:59Yes, when we have more data,

06:01I hope it comes out,

06:03you don't know when,

06:07the first stage of the negotiation

06:09ends on the next Saturday,

06:11when I think the 14

06:13who are missing from the initial list

06:15are released,

06:17and from there the negotiation

06:19begins on the second stage

06:21and the release of the hostages

06:23who are kidnapped.

06:25It depends on that negotiation, basically.

06:27If it is known, it is alive,

06:29it is not on the list of the people

06:31who are alive.

06:33There is nothing official

06:35about who is alive and who is not,

06:37this year there is a psychological war

06:39against everyone,

06:41and it has informed and misinformed the world

06:43about all its acts and names

06:45and lists and statistics,

06:47so nothing that comes out

06:49from the other side of the border

06:51can be taken as true until it is seen.

06:53Johnny, we thank you very much

06:55for this communication and we send you a big hug.

06:59Well, thank you very much.

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