Mark and Tory Vyvoda were not expecting the news they got Monday that Mark's aunt had been released by their captors.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mark and Tory Vyvoda were not expectingIt's been nearly three weeks since Mark's aunt and uncle Oded and Yochke Lifschitz were taken hostage by Hamas in their attack on Israel.
"That picture definitely made it real and not just a news headline," said Mark, who said he had renewed hope that the remaining hostages still in Gaza are alive and could be released too."The fact that they have been found is extremely bright for the hostages that haven't been found yet," said Mark.One of them is Yochke's husband, Oded.
The LIfschitzes were founders of the Kibbutz Nir Oz, where 400 people lived before the Hamas attacks. Mark and Tory say 198 of those people are accounted for, but 80 are still missing.Mark said his aunt and uncle were peace activists and regularly brought Palestinians from Gaza to Israel for medical treatment.
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