Noam Shalit with Karnit Goldwasser
Phot : Gil Yohanan
IDF officer arrives at Goldwasser home
Photo: Orly Zeiler
Noam Shalit: Feelings of grief, relief mixed
Father of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit says his family 'supports, loves and strengthens Regev and Goldwasser families on this hard day'
For two whole years they stood side by side – the families of the Israel Defense Forces troops kidnapped into Lebanon
and the family of soldier Gilad Shalit,
who is being held in the Gaza Strip.
The bereaved families and the entire country watched live TV images of the coffins
containing the bodies of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser being taken off a Hizbullah
truck on their way to Israel.
Two years of tension and hope turned at once into grief.
On Wednesday morning, Gilad's father Noam expressed his support for the Regev and Goldwasser families and shared their grief.
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"I am certain that the captives' families in Nahariya and Kiryat Motzkin are experiencing feelings of grief mixed with feelings of relief over the fact that this affair is over," Shalit told Ynet.
"We support the families, love them and strengthen them," the father added. "I assume they want to be left alone at this time and I respect that."
Shalit hopes that now that the Israel-Hizbullah deal has been completed, the government will approve another exchange deal which will bring his son back home.
