Nick Schifrin:
The hostages who were released face immense mental and, for some, physical trauma.
Earlier today, I spoke with Professor Hagai Levine, the head of the medical and resilience team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, part of the team meeting the hostages who once again are free.
Professor, let me just begin by asking you, how are they doing?
Hagai Levine, Hostages and Missing Families Forum: We know, for some of the hostages that were released today, two women already arrived here. Some of them spoke with their families.
And I know, from one of the families that the grandmother sounds well over the phone. And we saw some picture of them walking, which is encouraging. However, the recovery process is going to be long. They will be needing not only mental and physical support, but also to be examined to rule out any specific medical problems.
We know — for some of them, I know their medical profile. I know that they have severe chronic illnesses that probably were not properly treated. So they still need to be examined, and, on parallel, over 200 innocent people still being held by the Hamas, and they are not receiving the proper medical care and psychological care for recovery.
Tonight, we really hope that this week all of them will be either released or, for the very least, receive a Red Cross visit to examine and treat them.
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