‘I still think they sense each other,’ says brother of kidnapped, separated twins
It’s been a long and agonising 150 days for the families of hostages still inside Gaza, and every hour right now must feel like a lifetime as negotiations for a new ceasefire progress slowly, writes Alistair Bunkall, Sky News’s Middle East correspondent.
Liran Berman’s brothers, Ziv and Gali, were taken from Kfar Aza on 7 October. The twins are being held separately in Gaza, according to testimony from released hostages who saw them.
“They were separated early on, but I still think they sense each other. Twins have a special bond so they can sense each other,” Liran told me as we met near the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem.
“We have no video of the kidnapping, we have no visual confirmation from Gaza, only from the released hostages. So we have nothing.
“They are very strong, they have the ability to brush problems off of them, they are very humorous, but they are in hell.
“But in hell they have the ability, I hope, to cope with everything.”
Talks are ongoing in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, but Israel has refused to send a delegation so far in protest at Hamas’s refusal to release information on which hostages are dead or alive.
“I’m very focused,” Liran said. “I try not to listen to the news – only official announcements.
“Hope will die last, we have nothing but hope, and it gives us a…
