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Foreign hostages that were kept to death because he did not understand Arabic – Israel News

Foreign hostages that were kept to death because he did not understand Arabic – Israel News

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The head of the foreign hostage team of IDF, Lt.-Col. A., said that some foreign hostages were put to death in an interview with Hamas captivity Ynet.

Discussion of the specific cultural problems that deal with the cases of foreign hostages, Lt.-Col. A. said that due to a “language gap”, some of the foreign hostages of Hamas were killed.

“There is a language gap here,” said A. Ynet. “You cannot speak Hebrew or English with you, and this is not an easy challenge. Think of the Hamas people who have to speak to the hostages, some of whom were put to death in captivity because they do not understand what Hamas wanted from them. This is unimaginable.”

The remaining foreign hostages range from Thai to Tanzanian, all either agricultural students or workers.

On October 7, 35 foreigners were kidnapped: 31 Thais, a Nepalese, a Tanzanian and a Filipino citizen.

Dr. Osnat Levzion-Korach, Director General of the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) and the Thai ambassador in Israel, Ms. Pannabha Chandraramya, January 30, 2025. (Credit: Shamir Medical Center)

Different countries have different approaches to hostages

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“We have to remember that the vast majority is [rural] Village residents, without passports, have never climbed on an airplane. As a country, we proposed and even financed this, but there is also a cultural problem here, and every country has its own policy. “

“Culturally, it must be said that it is a completely different relationship. With the Thais, the official decision was that the entire dialogue with their families must be carried out by a Thai official who is in contact with me every day.”

“There are [also] Bipin Joshi's family from Nepal, with whom we are in contact. You have to understand that you drive the cousin to the mountainous area to speak to your families, open your cell phone and translate it for the family. “

“I am also in contact with Lolito, the father of Joshua Loito Mulal,” he said Ynet. “Ultimately, this is a family of villagers in a remote district in Tanzania, whose child studied agriculture, opened a milk farm and entered one [difficult] Situation. I speak to him every two or three weeks. I have the personal, moral and political obligation to tell him: “Listen to, we are back in the fights, we brought back body. '”

Five foreign hostages remain in Hamas captivity, which are believed to be three dead.



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