Pain has struck the families of the hostages who have been longing for their loved ones for seven straight months. They’ve now come together as a group, doing everything they can to bring the missing pieces of their families back together and safe.
The Washington Examiner spoke directly with Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of Omer, 22, who has been held hostage by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023.
“We have definitely been terrorized, our son abducted on Oct. 7,” Ronen lamented. “We have no sign of life.”
Omer Neutra, 22, has been held hostage by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023
Omer was born and raised in Long Island, New York. After graduating high school, he moved to Israel for what was intended to only be a temporary “gap year.” However, Orna said he soon realized he “couldn’t just go back to his kind of cushy life in New York” and joined the Israel Defense Forces.
On the morning of Oct. 7, Omer was serving as a …