{"id":164037,"date":"2025-02-10T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=164037"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:25:06","slug":"after-almost-500-days-first-confirmation-that-serbian-citizen-in-hamas-captivity-is-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/after-almost-500-days-first-confirmation-that-serbian-citizen-in-hamas-captivity-is-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"AFTER ALMOST 500 DAYS: First confirmation that Serbian citizen in Hamas captivity Is alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The family of <strong>Alon Ohel<\/strong>, a <strong>23-year-old Serbian citizen<\/strong> held by <strong>Hamas in Gaza<\/strong>, has announced that they have received confirmation that he is <strong>alive<\/strong>, but that he <strong>requires medical assistance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the <strong>first time<\/strong> they have received proof of life since he was taken <strong>more than 490 days ago<\/strong>, reports <strong>RTS.rs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> The family of hostage Alon Ohel has learned that he is alive. <br><br>Alon was at the Nova festival with friends, arriving one hour before the attack began on Oct 7. He last texted his family at 8:08 a.m. after taking cover in a roadside shelter.<br><br>Alon was abducted along\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8oSWyeJt2\">pic.twitter.com\/p8oSWyeJt2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvivaKlompas\/status\/1888636938854265062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his family\u2019s statement, issued through the Israeli group <strong>&#8220;Forum for Hostages and Missing Families&#8221;<\/strong>, <strong>Alon Ohel was held in tunnels in Gaza alongside recently released Israeli hostages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His family stated that <strong>freed hostages informed them that Alon is alive but injured and has not received medical treatment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are happy and relieved to know that he is alive, but we are devastated and shocked by his severe physical and psychological condition, as well as the abuse that hostages continue to endure,&#8221;<\/strong> the family emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02T9zxMqH7VGQwJMvtdf5ufhA57JmxPewAr2Gmrc2C6zU9TWiuzNg4EkLUJnz8T7tgl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alon Ohel, a young pianist originally from Novi Sad, was among the hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023.<\/strong> Until now, <strong>there had been no confirmation of his survival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Serbia\u2019s <strong>Honorary Consul in Israel, Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107<\/strong>, told <strong>RTS<\/strong> that Alon <strong>is expected to be released in the second phase of the ceasefire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b92d2d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/rod-blagojevic-is-convinced-belgrade-is-the-perfect-place-for-a-meeting-between-and-putin\/\" title=\"\">ROD BLAGOJEVI\u0106 IS CONVINCED: Belgrade is the perfect place for a meeting between and Putin!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/blagojevic-on-joe-rogans-podcast-nato-forced-serbia-to-give-up-kosovo-by-bombing-it-in-1999-video\/\" title=\"\">BLAGOJEVI\u0106 ON JOE ROGAN\u2019S PODCAST: NATO forced Serbia to give up Kosovo by bombing it in 1999! 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: N1, Foto: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Alon Ohel, a 23-year-old Serbian citizen held by Hamas in Gaza, has announced that they have received confirmation that he is alive, but that he requires medical assistance. 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