'The country is more important than her': Gaza Hostage Liri Albag's family receives cruel message

• Published date: 07 April 2024
• Author: ORI SELA
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Albag was one of the soldiers kidnapped to the Gaza Strip on October 7

A few months ago, documentation was published in which she appears along with other soldiers after their kidnapping.

Albag was not defined as someone killed in captivity, and for now, the IDF still classifies her as a living hostage.

Albag's sister reacts to the event

Her sister Roni said to Walla! "Bad people decided to send us a mourner's wreath at home. We don't know who it is. On Friday, the community's security officer saw it, took it straight to the police so we wouldn't see it, and filed a complaint."

"I cried hysterically. How in the world are there people who dare to send a mourner's wreath to the family when we know she is alive? I have no words; it shocks me and makes me sick," she added.

Albag's family is one of the most prominent members of the struggle of the hostages' families.

A few weeks ago, it was revealed in an interview her family conducted with the Daily Mail that IDF troops located Albag's DNA in one of the apartments in Gaza.

Only recently was it revealed that at one point, she was held by a family in Gaza, who forced her to clean and cook but often prevented her from eating.

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