Alon Ohel’s family details his injuries, calls for wounded hostages to get medical care outside Gaza

The family of hostage Alon Ohel details his injuries and proposes a plan that would see wounded captives transferred by Hamas to neutral countries for medical care.

Ohel’s parents say their son is suffering life-threatening injuries and is on the brink of becoming blind.

“He lost his sight in one eye and we know that the other can be saved. He suffers from a serious head injury and shrapnel in his body,” the family says. “We heard these descriptions from someone who was with him in Hamas captivity.”

“Alon was kidnapped from the ‘bunker of death,’ after dozens of grenades were thrown into the shelter, and he was injured by those grenades,” the family says. “He received disgraceful treatment from Hamas. A 19-year-old boy stitched him up with a needle and thread.”

“We don’t sleep at night knowing that there are aid organizations sent by many Western countries that are providing treatment to Gazans. What country provides medical treatment to one side, knowing that there are hostages with life-threatening injuries who are not receiving medical treatment?” says father Kobi Ohel.

The family proposes a plan to allow wounded hostages to receive medical care.

Under the proposal, wounded hostages would be taken for medical treatment at an American hospital in a Gulf country, or at a European hospital.

Medical and humanitarian aid would be resumed to the Gaza Strip for the duration of the medical treatment.

Under the plan, after a period of up to 72 days, the wounded will return to Israel when a comprehensive deal is signed that sees the release of all the hostages.

In February, Idit Ohel said that released hostages Eli Sharabi and Or Levy were held with her son for the duration of their captivity. Their return from Gaza in February was the first time that Ohel’s family received confirmation that he is still alive since he was abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023.