Mother of Former Israeli Hostage Reacts to Release of All Living Hostages

UNTIL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR WERE SHOT AND TWO OF THEM WERE MURDERED ON THE SPOT AND ROMY AND ANOTHER BOY WERE SHOT PRETTY BADLY.

ROMY WAS SHOT IN HER HAND AND SHE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD AND SHE LOST THE ABILITY TO USE HER HAND, SO SHE WAS CRIPPLED, FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS, AND SUFFERED FROM HORRIFYING PAIN, AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK, WHEN WE BROUGHT HER BACK, SHE WENT THROUGH THREE SURGERIES UNTIL NOW, TO TRY AND GAIN BACK SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS IN HER HAND.

IT IS GETTING BETTER, BUT IT HURTS LIKE HELL AND IT'S VERY HARD WORK TO TRY AND MOVE AGAIN , THESE PARTS THAT WERE WORKING FOR 471 DAYS OR WERE DAMAGED SO BADLY.

THANK GOD WE HAVE VERY GOOD DOCTORS IN ISRAEL, AND SHE IS SO DETERMINED TO USE HER HAND AGAIN, AND SHE IS WORKING REALLY HARD .

>> AS WE ARE SPEAKING WE ARE SEEING YOU AND HER REUNITED WHEN SHE DID COME BACK, IN JANUARY, SO IT WAS A HAPPY, HAPPY SCENE BUT TEARS, OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ALL DAY ABOUT WHAT THE REMAINING OR THE RETURNING HOSTAGES CAN FACE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY HEAL PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, AND THESE HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN IN EVEN LONGER, YOU KNOW, EIGHT MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS LONGER THAN YOUR DAUGHTER WAS IN.

SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM, TO THEIR FAMILIES, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A BIG INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THEM, THEY ARE IN HOSPITALS.

BUT, HOW, HOW DO YOU HEAL FROM THIS?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH ABOVE MY POSSIBILITY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM BECAUSE FIRST, THEY WERE NINE MORE MONTHS, MY DAUGHTER WAS 471 DAYS, THEY WERE 737 DAYS, TWO YEARS, IN HAMAS HANDS, SO FIRST, I TAKE IT AS THEY HAVE VERY STRONG WILL TWO YEARS, IN TORTURE, IN PAIN, IN DARK PLACES, NO FOOD, BEING STARVED, BEING TORTURED, YOU NEED TO BE VERY STRONG, SO FIRST, I SAY, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THAT REASSURANCE THAT WE TRUST THEM, THEY KNOW BETTER THAN US .

I CAN ALSO SAY IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

WE ARE ONLY IN THE START OF THE HEALING PROCESS, SO NOW, WHEN THEY WERE BROUGHT HOME, IT MAY BE A LITTLE FASTER, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO HEAL THE BODY.

IT TAKES TIME TO HEAL THE WOUNDS, AND IT TAKES MUCH MORE TIME TO HEAL THE SOUL.

WE CAN ONLY GIVE THEM THE GROUND, THE LOVE AND THE POSSIBILITY TO SEE THAT THERE ARE GOOD THINGS IN OUR LIFE, THAT THE FAMILY IS STRONG, THAT THEY ARE BEING LOVED HERE AND THEY ARE BEING PROTECTED.

PROTECTED IS TO KNOW THAT HAMAS IS NOT STRONG ANYMORE, AND WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR SECURITY INSIDE ISRAEL, AND IT'S NOT EASY, BECAUSE WE ARE RELEASING THE TERRORISTS THAT HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, AND WE DO EXPECT, ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT HELPED US GET THIS AGREEMENT, TO CONTINUE IN SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE, ALSO THE GAZA PEOPLE THAT WERE UNDER HAMAS, THE DOMINATION, AND ALSO WE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SECURITY.

ONLY I THINK, LOVE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST FEELINGS WE CAN GIVE TO EACH OTHER AND THIS IS A VERY HEALING >> IT IS HEALING AND HELPFUL LISTENING TO YOU.

ONE LAST QUESTION, DO YOU THINK AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID, THAT THIS IS THE END OF THE WAR?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES, BUT I'M JEWISH, AND I KNOW THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME TERRORISTS THAT WANTED TO ELIMINATE US, WANTED TO KILL US, THE HOLOCAUST WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, IT WASN'T THAT FAR FROM TODAY .

IN 1929, WE SUFFERED SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THE SEVENTH OF OCTOBER.

IF WE ARE STRONG AND IF THE FREE WORLD IS STRONG, THEN IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE YEARS OF FEELING SECURE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE TOGETHER WITH THE BIG STATES, THE BIG LEADERS OF THE WORLD.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING ONE COUNTRY CAN DO.