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Saturday, February 8, 2025
‘Starved, emaciated and pained’: Herzog says condition of released hostages a ‘crime against humanity’
President Isaac Herzog protests the condition of the three released hostages, saying it constitutes a crime against humanity, and urges the world to act.
“This is what a crime against humanity looks like!” Herzog writes in a post on X.
“The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli — returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained — being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers. We take solace in the fact that they are being returned alive to the arms of their loved ones,” Herzog says.
“Completing the hostage deal is a humanitarian, moral and Jewish duty. It is essential to bring back all our sisters and brothers from the hell of captivity in Gaza — every last one of them,” the president urges.
This is what a crime against humanity looks like!
The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli—returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained—being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers. We take solace in the fact that they are…— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) February 8, 2025
