Aviva Siegel, 63, was taken hostage by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, along with her husband Keith. She was released after 51 days, but he was not. On Saturday, Hamas released a video showing Keith alive.
Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage in Gaza for 51 days, and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, spends time with her eight-year-old granddaughter Yali Tiv at her daughter's home on Kibbutz Gazit on March 26. Aviva has been staying with her daughter in northern Israel since being released in November.
At one point, Keith struggles to maintain his composure and breaks down in tears. Both he and Miran mention the Passover holiday, suggesting the video was recorded recently. Miran says he has been held for 202 days.
Aviva relishes her time with her five grandchildren, but has struggled to explain to them why she came back and why their grandfather did not. "I got up and I gave her a hug, knowing that we're not allowed to hug because we weren't allowed to show any emotions," she says. Their guard entered and began shouting, demanding to know why Aviva was hugging the young woman.
"I used to say that I'm lucky that I have Keith and I'm lucky that I had the girls to be with," she says,"and all I want is to wake up tomorrow morning and not die that night."A helicopter transporting released hostages, who had been held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, lands at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, during the temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Nov. 28, 2023.
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