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Herut Nimrodi says she is clinging to hope that her son Tamir is “still hanging on” two years after his abduction
The mother of an Israeli man taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023 says she still does not know if her son is dead or alive, but has “real hope” that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will bring the return of all the hostages held in Gaza.
Herut Nimrodi told BBC News she was “fearing the worst” for her son Tamir, a non-combat soldier, but she was clinging to hope that “he’s still hanging on” two years after his abduction.
She said he was the only Israeli hostage whose family had not been told if they were alive or dead.
The peace plan proposed by Trump has been gaining momentum, with indirect talks expected to continue on Tuesday between Hamas and Israel to end the war and return the hostages.
“They have been trying to create an agreement for a while but it didn’t take off. This time it feels different,” Ms Nimrodi said. “There is real hope that this is the one, this is the last deal.”
She said it was particularly important that all hostages – living and dead – would be released in the plan’s first phase.
“This is huge, this is a blessing for us,” she said.
“It’s urgent to release the hostages – those that are still alive, and even the ones that have passed. We don’t know what state their bodies are in. We have to release them so the families have some kind of closure. Even the families that got the message that their loved ones are deceased, they don’t accept it because they need proof.”
Tamir is one of 47 hostages kidnapped on 7 October who remain in Gaza – 20 of them are believed to be still alive.
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Tamir Nimrodi pictured with his mother and other family members
The last time she saw her son was in a video of his abduction
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