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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Rescued hostage al-Qadi: I urged PM to bring rest of captives home, I don’t wish upon anyone to be where I was
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Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi says he hopes and prays that the issue of the captives held in Gaza for over 10 months will be resolved soon, adding he urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they spoke yesterday soon after his rescue to “put an end to it.”
Speaking to reporters at a tent set up by his relatives near his home near Rahat, al-Qadi says he is “feeling 100%,” and “I’m enjoying every minute I have in the light. I was in the dark for so long… I’m enjoying every minute of family.”
But he adds: “I don’t feel it’s right for me to be happy. I don’t feel it’s right for my family and for me to be happy. There are people held, here and there. Every one of them — no matter if they are Arabs or Jews — has a family that is waiting for him. They also want to celebrate.”
He adds: “So I hope, I pray, that there’ll be an end to this thing. I also said this to Bibi Netanyahu yesterday: Put an end to it. It’s very hard for all of them. Whether it’s an Arab, a Jew, or I don’t know what…
“The place I was in, I don’t wish upon anyone. So do everything — demonstrations, everything — to get the people home.”
The Times of Israel Community.