Freed hostages Or Levy and Eli Sharabi are in ‘poor condition,’ hospital says

Two Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi, have returned from Gaza in “poor” medical condition, the hospital where they are receiving care says.

“The consequences of 491 long days in captivity are evident on the two returnees who arrived today and their medical condition is poor. This is the fourth time in the current framework that we have received returnees and the situation is more serious this time,” Yael Frenkel Nir, the director of Sheba Medical Center, tells reporters.

Channel 12, meanwhile, says doctors at Sheba consider that the condition of today’s hostages is worse than that of those who have been freed in the past. The protracted time in captivity is evident in “a significant deterioration” in the condition of the hostages freed today, it quotes officials at the hospital saying. Their condition raises “profound and serious concerns” regarding the conditions of those who are still held hostage.

The various comments from health officials regarding today’s hostages, Channel 12’s health reporter says, indicate that Hamas “is starving our hostages.”