Shelly Shem-Tov, whose 21-year-old son Omer is among the Israelis being held by terrorists in Gaza, reacts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that medicine will be transferred to the hostages in the coming days.
“I don’t know what his health status is after 100 days without his inhaler. I just want him home,” she tells Channel 12 in an interview.
In addition to having asthma, Omer also has celiac disease. It doesn’t require medication, but it means eating food with gluten is dangerous for him.
“Air is very important for him, and right now he has no air,” she says.
Many of the hostages are believed to be held in Hamas tunnels deep under Gaza.
Omer was attending the Re’im music festival on October 7 when Hamas’s terror onslaught began.
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