Freed hostage whose husband, brother remain in Gaza: ‘In my head I’m still there’

Five members of an extended family, Clara Marman, her partner Louis Har, and her siblings, Fernando Marman, Gabriela Leimberg and Gabriela's daughter, Mia Leimberg, were presumed captive since Saturday, October 7. Clara Marman, Gabriela and Mia Leimberg were freed on November 28, 2023. (Courtesy)
Five members of an extended family, Clara Marman, her partner Louis Har, and her siblings, Fernando Marman, Gabriela Leimberg and Gabriela's daughter, Mia Leimberg, were presumed captive since Saturday, October 7. Clara Marman, Gabriela and Mia Leimberg were freed on November 28, 2023. (Courtesy)

Clara Marman, who was freed from Hamas captivity in late November and whose husband and brother are still held hostage, says she feels like she is still in Gaza.

In an interview with Ynet, Marman says she is “quite discouraged. I should have been very happy after my release from the Gaza Strip, but part of me is left there — both my partner and my brother.”

“It weighs heavily, and I don’t really feel like I’m back. In my head I’m still there,” she adds. “Physically I’m here, but I feel like a large part of me was left there.”

She says, “‘My heart is there’ is not a slogan for me — my heart is really captive because my brother, Fernando Marman, and my partner, Louis Har, are there.”

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