The wife of an Israeli hostage has written a heartbreaking open letter to her kidnapped husband, expressing how she misses their growing baby – saying, “I wonder, will you be free to see him walk for the first time?”
Lishay Lavi, a 38-year-old mother of two, said she has been living a nightmare since her husband, Omri Miran, 46, was abducted from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7.
Now 108 days into the Israel-Hamas war, Lavi writes about how she and their two daughters, Roni, 2, and Alma, 5 months, are surviving without him.
“Alma started crawling right after you were taken from us,” Lavi said. “He is now sitting and standing too and trying to feed himself.
“He smiled and reached into the space you once occupied as if trying to capture the memory that flashed through his tiny fingers.
“I wonder, will you be free to see him walk for the first time?”
Mori Miran, 46, was separated from his wife and daughter when Hamas kidnapped him on Oct. 7. Courtesy of Lishay Lavi Roni, 2, hugs her father’s poster as heartbroken mother Lishay Lavi looks on with her toddler, Alma. Sincerely Lishay Lavi
Lavi added, Roni has also started to speak more clearly including asking about his father every night.
“He’s talking about the bad guys who took you away before our eyes. He pulls you in every day,” Lavi said. “And his smile reminds me of you.
“His eyes were looking for certainty from me, and I tried to give him the certainty he wanted. But real comfort can only come when you are returned to us,” he said.
Lavi says he continues to write letters every day hoping for Miran’s safe return. Sincerely Lishay Lavi
Lavi also told Miran that he had written another letter to her every day, highlighting “our pain, our suffering, our despair,” comparing herself to Penelope, Odysseus’ wife who waits for him to return home in the Greek epic, “The Odyssey.”
The heartbroken wife reveals to her husband that the family is now living in a shelter, as their neighborhood in Nir Oz has been completely destroyed by Hamas.
The letter concluded with Lavi slamming the international community for failing to do everything possible to see the estimated 132 hostages still in Gaza freed.
Miran was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz when Alma’s daughter was only 2 years old. Sincerely Lishay Lavi
“How did we get to a place where the family’s humanitarian pleas are met with indifference and mockery, where the principles that should guide us are overshadowed by political attitudes,” he asked.
“There are times when we feel that our government has also abandoned us. Although I truly believe it is committed to getting you, and all the hostages, freed,” he assured Miran.
The letter was published hours before it was revealed that Israel had sent a new proposal to Hamas to exchange all hostages for a ceasefire that would halt fighting in Gaza for up to two months.
Dani Miran wept on January 11 as she called for her son’s release from Gaza. AP
The proposed ransom deal would see all captive women and men over the age of 60 and in critical condition or suffering from serious health problems released first.
The next phase will release hostages who are not affiliated with the Israel Defense Forces, and then Hamas will release Israeli soldiers, as well as the bodies of hostages who died in custody, the officials said.
Israel estimates about 132 hostages remain in Gaza, 27 of whom are believed to be dead.
It remains unclear whether Hamas will accept the deal, as it has publicly rejected two key points sought by the terrorists, with the Jewish State refusing to release all its Palestinian prisoners and completely end its operations in Gaza in exchange for hostages.
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