Freed hostage Elma Avraham, 84, still fighting for her life

27 November 2023, 6:44 am 2 Edit

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)

Prof. Moti Klein, the head of the trauma unit at Soroka Hospital, says Elma Avraham, 84, remains “unstable” and fighting for her life after she was released from Gazan captivity in serious condition.

“Another day and we would not be talking like this,” he tells Channel 12 news.

Avraham, who was evacuated directly from Gaza to Soroka by helicopter, is unconscious and on a respirator, Klein says. He says she arrived at the hospital Sunday in a state of partial consciousness.

While he cannot say for sure, Klein suspects that her condition is a result of not having proper medication in Gaza.