In a brief statement on Sunday night, two doctors at Sheba Hospital suggested that the women did not need immediate treatment.
“I am happy to report that their condition is stable,” said Professor Itai Pessach, “This allows us and them to focus on what is most important right now – reuniting with their families.”
Sheba Medical Center was the first stop for dozens of captives captured in the October offensive and later released, including many who were released in a November 2023 hostage swap with Palestinian prisoners. four the hostages were saved a daring and deadly Israeli military raid In June 2024.
Professor Pessach, who led the Sheba medical team to retrieve the hostages, warned interview In June, first impressions can be deceiving.
“What I definitely know is to expect the unexpected,” he said after receiving the four rescued hostages. “After eight months,” he said, “we had a feeling they would be more broken, maybe look different than they did.”
According to him, they lost less weight than expected. But, he said, along with initial psychological evaluations, medical test results are starting to come in, and “you start to understand what they're going through.”
All four returned suffering from severe malnutrition, Dr Pessach said, adding that the lack of sunlight, abuse and psychological stress they endured would have a long-term effect on their health.
“As great as it is to see Emily's resilience, it's still early days,” Emily's mother, Mandy Damari, said in a statement Monday. .”
In a recent television interview, Ms. Steinbrecher's sister, Yamit Ashkenazi, said she expected to get “a different Doron.” Ms. Ashkenazi was also worried about telling her sister many of his friends were killed In the attack of Hamas.