'Bringing back hostages Argentina's top priority': Milei meets with former hostages, family members
Those who met with Milei include released hostages Yarden Bibas and Karina Engel-Bart, the latter being released during the hostage deal in November 2023.
Argentinian President Javier Milei emphasized that bringing back the hostages was his country's "top priority" during a meeting at Jerusalem's King David Hotel on Wednesday with former hostages and family members holding Argentinian citizenship of captives still in the Gaza Strip.
They also met with Argentinian ambassador to Israel Axel Wahnish and the country's foreign minister Gerardo Werthein.
Those who met with Milei include released hostages Yarden Bibas and Karina Engel-Bart, the latter being released during the hostage deal in November 2023. The families of hostages include Rut Storm, Dalia Cusnir, Silvia and José Luis Cunio, and Yael Savariego.
Bibas thanked Milei for declaring days of mourning in his country in memory of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas. He also thanked Wahnish for participating in the family's shiva. Bibas also asked that Argentina continue working to return the rest of the hostages, notably mentioning his friend David Cunio.
Milei began to 'tear up,' hostage's mother said
Also speaking on Cunio, his mother, Silvia, noted that the meeting with the Argentinian officials was very positive. "He came to the meeting despite being ill. I appreciate that tremendously. It was a moving meeting, and I gave him the book 'October 7th' by Ziv Koren as a gift," she said. "He was moved, began to tear up, and hugged me."
