Brother of Israeli hostage still hoping for safe return

Hamas onslaught subsister fears for hostage member

Survivor of Hamas onslaught fears "every bomb" could termination his member inactive held hostage 02:07

Trapped successful the ruins of Gaza, determination are astatine slightest 20 Israeli hostages who are believed to beryllium inactive alive, held captive by Hamas.

One of them is Gal Dalal's younger brother, the present 24-year-old Guy Gilboa-Dalal.

"Every bomb, each subject operation, everything that's going on, they're putting my member successful risk," Gal told CBS News. 

And the bombing intensified this week. Security camera footage showed the infinitesimal an Israeli onslaught deed extracurricular a infirmary successful Gaza — sidesplitting dozens. The onslaught came conscionable a time aft the merchandise of American hostage Edan Alexander.

"We cognize his family, we emotion them. And they merit thing much than to beryllium reunited with their son. It's this analyzable happening of joyousness and besides sadness," Gal said.

Gal told CBS News his household was "joyful" and "thankful" Alexander got to spell home. "But we also, it was specified a symptom to spot different hostage returning and it's not your brother," helium said.

Gal and Guy were astatine the Nova euphony festival erstwhile Hamas launched its Oct. 7 panic attack. Gal escaped, but his brother, who helium calls his champion friend, did not.

"The hardest happening for maine is that I truly went determination to ticker implicit him, ticker implicit my babe brother, and I returned without him," Gal said 

In February, Hamas enactment retired a propaganda video that showed Guy.

"He was brought retired by Hamas to ticker different hostages going home," Gal said. "I was helpless wholly due to the fact that I couldn't bash thing to assistance him truthful I just, I was determination again, watching my babe member successful this inhumane information looking truthful overmuch worse."

While the video was impervious of life, Gal knew from freed hostages however atrocious things were for his brother.

"They were astatine the aforesaid passageway with 2 oregon 10 hostages, a precise tiny tunnel, astir incapable to move. Sleeping, eating, breathing adjacent to wherever they had to excavation their ain toilet," helium said.

"My member is successful beforehand of maine each time, each day," Gal added. "I spell to slumber with him. I aftermath up with him, I cannot consciousness thing other but guilt connected the astir elemental things."  

Like truthful galore families of hostages, helium is pinning his hopes connected President Trump to broker a woody to escaped them.

"Although we interruption sometimes due to the fact that we are human, we besides support each different beardown with the anticipation that Guy volition instrumentality to us," Gal said.

"I anticipation [our love] is what saves him close now," helium added. "How overmuch helium knows that everyone loves him and waits for him."

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