Family of 80-year-old hostage Gadi Moses says no info on him has come since December
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
The family of hostage Gadi Moses, 80, says they haven’t heard any information about their father and grandfather of 12 since December 19, when he appeared in a Hamas propaganda video.
“I feel that he’s alive,” says Yair Moses, Gadi Moses’ son. “I know he’s strong, physically and mentally.”
Last week’s murders of six hostages, their bodies recovered by the IDF and brought home for burial, are motivating Israelis to protest for a deal, says Moses.
“There’s no grace time anymore,” says Efrat Machikawa, Gadi Moses’ niece.
On October 7, Gadi Moses was at home in Kibbutz Nir Oz with his partner, Efrat Katz, and Efrat’s daughter, Doron Katz-Asher and her two young daughters. When Hamas terrorists entered the house, Moses left the sealed room to speak with them, but was taken captive. Later in the day, another group of terrorists took Katz, Katz-Asher and her children. Efrat Katz was killed in the crossfire between the IDF and Hamas.
Moses’ ex-wife, Margalit Moses, was also taken hostage on October 7, and released in a November deal, along with Katz-Asher and her children.
Margalit Moses was kept hostage with Avraham Munder, another Nir Oz hostage, for most of her time in captivity.
His death in captivity was “very, very hard for her,” said Yair Moses.
“We’re using our anger to motivate ourselves,” he says. “The deal could have been signed and the six who were murdered would have been home, and my father too. They could be with us if the government would work to find solutions to make the deal.”
