Two doctors at Sheba Hospital suggested in a brief statement Sunday night that the women did not require immediate emergency treatment.
Professor Itai Pesach said: “We are happy to report that their condition is stable,” adding, “This allows us and them to focus on what is most important right now: reuniting with their families.” It became,” he added.
Sheba Medical Center is the first port of call for dozens of prisoners captured in the October assault and subsequently released, some of whom were released in a hostage exchange with Palestinian prisoners in November 2023. and a deadly Israeli military raid in June 2024.
Professor Pesach, who led the Sheba medical team in the effort to return the hostages, warned in an interview in June that first impressions can be deceiving.
“What I know for sure is that the unexpected will happen,” he said after receiving the four rescued hostages. “After eight months, we had the idea that they were going to be more broken down and maybe look different than they did before,” he said.
Their weight loss was less than expected, he said. But then medical test results start coming in, along with initial psychological evaluations, and “you start to understand what they’ve been through,” he said.
Dr Pesach said all four had returned suffering from severe malnutrition, adding that the lack of sunlight, abuse and mental stress they had endured would have long-term effects on their health.
Emily’s mother, Mandy Damari, acknowledged in a statement Monday that it was “great to see Emily’s recovery, but it’s still early days,” and that Emily is “doing much better than any of us expected.” I’m doing it,” he said. ”
In a recent TV interview, Steinbrecher’s sister Yamit Ashkenazi said she expected to receive a “different Delon.” Ashkenazi also worried about telling his sister that so many of her friends had been killed in Hamas attacks.
