{"id":61557,"date":"2024-05-29T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/ill-be-strong-for-you-a-former-hostage-awaits-her-husbands-release\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:53:06","slug":"ill-be-strong-for-you-a-former-hostage-awaits-her-husbands-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/ill-be-strong-for-you-a-former-hostage-awaits-her-husbands-release\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019ll Be Strong for You.\u2019 A Former Hostage Awaits Her Husband\u2019s Release."},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Hamas released video last month of Keith Siegel<\/a>, an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, it was the first sign in months that he was still alive. His wife, Aviva Siegel, couldn\u2019t bring herself to watch it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be too difficult for me to see the sadness in Keith\u2019s eyes,\u201d Ms. Siegel said in an interview in New York last week, where she was meeting with Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Ms. Siegel, 63, was held captive with her husband until late November, when she was one of 105 hostages released<\/a> as part of a cease-fire deal. They were taken from their home at Kibbutz Kfar Azza on Oct. 7 during the Hamas-led attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n

Nearly eight months into the war, the families of hostages have grown increasingly alarmed. Mr. Siegel, who is 65, has a medical condition, and Israeli soldiers have recently recovered the remains<\/a> of several hostages in Gaza. For months, Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been trying to get Israel and Hamas to accept a deal<\/a> for another cease-fire and exchange of captives.<\/p>\n

Ms. Siegel understands the hostages\u2019 experience like few others. \u201cKnowing what they\u2019re going through,\u201d she said, \u201cis too much for me to handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that she and her husband of over four decades were moved more than a dozen times and were kept in apartments and tunnels, which felt particularly stifling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n