Ilan Dalal instructed N12 that regardless of the injury his son sustained in Hamas captivity, “slowly, with lots of love and with household and associates round him, he will likely be superb.”
Throughout his 739-day captivity, launched hostage Man Gilboa-Dalal confronted a “nightmare” of relentless battle by the hands of Hamas terrorists, his father, Ilan Gilboa, shared with N12 on Friday.
Gilboa instructed N12 that the end result of “all types of adverse issues” described to him by his son contains a number of infections, listening to loss in a single ear, abdomen ache and vomiting, in addition to pores and skin issues and vitamin deficiencies.
“These are issues I assume are reversible,” Girlboa stated, relating to his son’s bodily well being issues. “The psychological workforce is working with him to course of what occurred. Slowly, with lots of love and with household and associates round him, he will likely be superb.”
Man Gilboa-Dalal at Re’im, October 13, 2025. (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
Whereas Gilboa didn’t share a lot about his son’s psychological state, he did share items of what made Man get by captivity.
“Man all of a sudden noticed an interview on tv of his brother standing together with his shirt on,” he instructed N12.
At that time, Gilboa-Dalal didn’t know whether or not or not his brother had survived the October 7 bloodbath. Upon realizing that his brother was alive and advocating for his launch, it gave him the braveness to maintain going.
“It made him very completely satisfied and gave him lots of power,” Gilboa stated.
Dreamlike happiness following tragedy
Gilboa recounted one other heartwarming second wherein Man ate one in every of his favourite desserts, do-it-yourself chocolate balls, for the primary time since his launch.
He stated that tasting the dessert “introduced him again to his senses somewhat. We noticed his reactions, that claims all of it.”
The N12 report famous that Gilboa-Dalal’s want to come house earlier than his sister’s 18th birthday, which he expressed in an August letter that the Purple Cross delivered earlier, got here true.
Ilan Gilboa described Man’s return as being “happier even than the day he was born.”
Regardless of the tough circumstances and lingering struggles ensuing from Gilboa-Dalal’s captivity, his father shared his constructive outlook for his son and for his household, stating that “step-by-step [they] will recuperate and all the pieces will likely be superb.”
