For Ruchama Bohbot, her son Elkana’s return is each a miracle and a reminder of the ache nonetheless felt by households ready for his or her family members to return dwelling.
Ruchama Bohbot, the mom of returned Gaza hostage Elkana Bohbot, mentioned her son’s resilience, what she’s discovered about his captivity, and the way he’s began his restoration in an interview with N12.
“I don’t know the way he survived,” she instructed Channel 12’s morning present, Headshot HaBoker. “He was certain, blindfolded, his palms and ft tied. He went by way of extreme abuse, and I might really feel it. He instructed me how he was in a pickup truck with Evyatar, Man, and Bar. He was mendacity on high of them and was crushed brutally in Gaza.”
Elkana was solely launched from the hospital Sunday night, however Ruchama mentioned he’s already desperate to return to his life.
“Elkana needs every part; he needs to fly from one place to a different. He couldn’t consider every part that’s taking place right here. He watched TV there, noticed me when his captors known as him over to see me,” she mentioned.
Hamas releases video of hostage Elkana Bohbot, March 29, 2025. (credit score: Screenshot/Telegram)
Nevertheless, Ruchama warned of a prolonged restoration course of. “These kids are psychologically wounded,” she mentioned. “It’s going to depart a mark on their lives. He [Elkana] continues to be in restoration; he wants assist and to land.”
Elkana’s spouse Rivka and younger son Ra’am play a major position in that, his mom mentioned, explaining that he spends a lot of his time with them.
“He’s been with Rivka loads,” she mentioned. “Ra’am is round him on a regular basis; he’s over the moon. Yesterday, Elkana took him to kindergarten and picked him up from daycare for the primary time.”
Regardless of her pleasure at Elkana’s return, Ruchama famous that the reunion is incomplete till the stays of the fallen hostages are returned.
We’ve seen what the individuals of Israel have achieved over these two years
“Till the final of the hostages comes again, I can’t shut this chapter. I wish to be the happiest individual on the earth, however we’re all one massive household. We’ve seen what the individuals of Israel have achieved over these two years; we should keep near the households whose family members are nonetheless there.”
