The father of one of the hostages saved yesterday, Almog Meir Jan, died a few hours before he knew that his son would return home. The reports it Times of Israel. “My brother is died of pain and could not see the return of his son. The night before Almog’s return, the my brother’s heart stoppedo,” he said Dina JanAlmog’s aunt, on the public broadcaster Kan.
Yossi Jan, 57, will be buried today. “We are very happy with Almog’s return, but the brain cannot absorb that this is the end. We are destroyed”, says the woman, explaining that her brother lived alone in Kfar Saba. “Yossi, my brother, Almog’s father, remained glued to the television for all eight months, clinging to every piece of information,” says the woman. “Has lost 20 kilos, he couldn’t stand it in any way – he continues – he closed himself off, he didn’t want to see people. Everyone was worried about Yossi, but he couldn’t communicate with anyone.”
Dina, explains the Times of Israelsays he received a phone call from the army who told her that her nephew had been rescued: the officer told her that they had not been able to reach Yossi. “I was so happy that I didn’t know what to do,” Kan says, adding that she went to her brother’s house to give him the good news. “I drove like crazy, I knocked, ‘Yossi, Yossi, Yossi’ and nothing. I got no answer. The door to his house was open and I saw him sleeping in the living room. I shouted ‘Yossi’ to him and he didn’t he replied. I saw the color of his skin, I touched him, but andra dead“.
A demonstration for the release of Israeli hostages with an image of Noa Argamani
