Daughter of critically ill freed hostage tears into Red Cross: ‘She was medically neglected’

Elma Avraham was abducted from her Kibbutz Nahal Oz home by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. She was freed on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)
Elma Avraham was abducted from her Kibbutz Nahal Oz home by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. She was freed on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)

The daughter of elderly Gaza hostage Elma Avraham, who is in critical condition after being released by terrorists yesterday as part of the ongoing hostage deal, holds an impassioned press conference tearing into the Red Cross for failing to take care of her mother.

Speaking from Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center, where the 84-year-old is hospitalized in life-threatening condition, Tali Amano describes the appalling condition in which Hamas returned Avraham, after failing to provide her with her daily medications for over 50 days.

“My mother didn’t deserve to return like this,” she says. “My mother was medically neglected. The Red Cross refused to bring her her medications. She arrived with a heart rate of 40 bpm and a body temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, on the verge of losing consciousness and injured all over.

“She was abandoned twice — once on October 7, and a second time by all the organizations that should have saved her,” Amano charges.

Tal Amano, daughter of released hostage Elma Avraham, speaks to the media on November 27, 2023 (Walla screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

“I hope they haven’t managed to defeat her,” she says, in an expression of hope that she’ll recover.

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