The mom of a British girl, who was amongst these taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, has written a heartfelt letter to her daughter and urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to make sure it is delivered in Gaza. Emily Damari, 28, is a British-Israeli twin citizen and was taken hostage from her residence in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, close to the Gaza border, the place she was born and raised, Daily Mail reported.
Mandy Damari, Emily’s mom, travelled to Downing Street earlier this week and handed over the word for her daughter to Mr Starmer. She additionally urged the UK authorities to do extra to convey Emily again residence.
“It is breaking my coronary heart somewhat extra, daily… Soon there shall be nothing left of my coronary heart – or Emily,” Mandy, 63, was quoted as saying by the information outlet.
She stated that many of the British individuals have been nonetheless unaware {that a} UK citizen was nonetheless held hostage in Gaza. Hence, he urged Starmer to say her daughter at any time when the UK authorities talks in regards to the hostages.
Requesting Starmer to make use of “each ounce of his affect” to get Emily again, Mandy stated, “Diplomatic stress, negotiations, humanitarian efforts — no matter it takes… We can not let one other day go.”
She stated that the nation cannot afford to lose any extra lives to the nightmare, including, “We do not want tea and sympathy, we want actions, not phrases.”
Here’s Mandy’s heartfelt letter for her daughter:
“Dear Emily,
I hope this word will get to you when you find yourself alive and residential with me, abba and all your loved ones. And you may see that we’re all alive.
If it will get to you in Gaza know that all of us love you and miss you and are sick with fear about what is going on to you day-after-day and we’re praying and assembly whoever we are able to to get you again residence.
Please preserve robust, preserve praying and simply be your stunning self that I like to the moon and again. You will come residence. And I promise that I’ll by no means complain once more about your fragrance sticking to me whenever you’re residence.
Love you a lot
Your Mum (who’s all the time proper!)”
In January this yr, Dafna Elyakim, a launched hostage, stated in an interview with an Israeli TV channel that she and her sister have been taken into underground tunnels by the Hamas militants the place they met 5 different hostages. Besides Emily Damari, the opposite 4 talked about by her are Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Romy Gonen and Agam Berger.
It is believed that Emily, kidnapped alongside twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, remains to be someplace within the Gaza Strip, held hostage inside a deep underground tunnel. On Monday, will probably be a yr for the reason that October 7 assault by Hamas militants in southern Israeli communities, killing a minimum of 1,200 individuals and kidnapping over 250 others.
The report additional stated that Emily’s beloved canine Choocha, a golden cockapoo, was shot useless by the Hamas militants in her arms, whereas she too suffered a gunshot wound to the hand.