Family of US hostage Omer Neutra holds out hope after Hamas kidnapping
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Orna Neutra and Ronen Neutra, the parents of Omer Neutra, who was taken by Hamas from Israel on Oct. 7, try to raise awareness for his safe return.
For weeks and weeks now, the families of six American hostages held in Gaza have endured unspeakable agony. The families have a message to negotiators working on a possible hostage deal.
They say "there is just too much suffering, too much angst, too much agony." That was a statement from Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a U.S. citizen, is still being held captive in Gaza.
"There are hundreds of thousands of innocent Gazans who are also suffering. You have an abyss of misery over here. And I think everyone with any leadership role at all must step forward and say, 'it's enough. It's enough now,'" she said this month.
There are at least five other U.S. citizens who are held by Hamas in Gaza after they were kidnapped near a music festival on Oct. 7. They are Edan Alexander, Itay Chen, Omer Neutra, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Keith Siegel.
Orna Neutra and Ronen Neutra — the parents of Omer — are trying to keep his name alive, hoping for his safe release.
