Grandmother Of 12-Year-Old Hostage Says He Was Kept In Isolation For More Than Two Weeks | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Virginia Kruta.

    Twelve-year-old Eitan Yahalomi was among the hostages released by Hamas terrorists in recent days - and according to his grandmother, he spent more than two weeks of his 50 days in captivity in total isolation.

    Eitan, whose release was secured as part of the temporary pause in fighting between Israel Defense Forces and Hamas, was abducted during the massacre on October 7 and was reportedly kept in a "closed room" for the first 16 days that he was held captive by the terrorist group.

    "For the first 16 days, he was alone and even in a closed room," Esther Yahalomi - Eitan's grandmother - said. "Imagine for yourselves what he went through there."

    "To my great joy, they transferred him about a month ago to a group of people from Nir Oz, and it was much easier for him there," Esther continued. "First of all, his caregiver from the nursery, from the children's home, was there. It was good for both her and him. He came back thinner, not smiling. But it seems to me that physically he is healthy. I can still feel the first hug, it was strong, it was great. I had a lot of hope all this time, I didn't lose heart, I knew Eitan would come back and the army gave him back to me."

    During his time as a Hamas prisoner, Eitan was also beaten by Gazan residents, forced to watch footage taken during the October 7 Hamas attack, and threatened at the point of a rifle if he cried.

    While Eitan's mother and sisters reportedly escaped capture, the 12-year-old witnessed his father's murder before he was kidnapped and taken with Hamas terrorists back into Gaza.

    Thomas Hand, the father of 9-year-old Emily Hand - another recently-released Hamas hostage - described the trauma that continues to impact his little girl: "Last night she cried until her face was red and blotchy, she couldn't stop. She didn't want any comfort, I guess she's forgotten how to be comforted. She went under the covers of the bed, the quilt, covered herself up, and quietly cried."

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26 days after the October 7th Terror attacks on Israel, where over 1400 Jewish men, women and children were gruesomely murdered, and hundreds more made hostage: Should the Biden /Harris administration finally state that the administration's primary Middle East negotiating partner, Iran, is behind the funding and strategy of the aggressors, the Hamas Terrorists, or continue to take the more moderate position of "Don't," which is clearly not working?

  Yes, name Iran as the funding /strategy culprit, and begin to enforce the President Trump era sanctions to END Iran's ability to prosecute this war against Israel and the United States.

  No, Iran is a valuable partner in the motives of the Biden / Harris administration, and must not be named as the culprit and our enemy.

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In the minds of many, since January 20, 2021, the World has become far less safe in every theater of conflict, beginning with the attack of Israel by Iran /Hamas, so the question becomes: What caused this Worldwide calamity of extreme geopolitical dysfunction, and what will correct it?

  Joe Biden is the cause of this frightening Worldwide situation, and it will end when a Republican is elected president.

  This delayed Worldwide dysfunction and constant conflict is all Donald Trump's fault, as it is with everything that occurs going forward, and long before the man ever became the 45th president..

  Joe Biden is the "root cause" of this frightening Worldwide situation, and it will end when former President Donald John Trump is elected president.

  In the imitable words of Alfred E. Newman: "What, me worry?"

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