‘A year is just too long’: relatives of Gaza hostages speak of their anguish

Aviva Siegel (left) with a poster of her husband, Keith, Batsheva Yahalomi (centre) with a poster of her husband, Ohad, and Noam Peri with a poster of her father, Chaim. Composite: The Guardian/Guardian Design

Eli Albag had been fighting for the release of his daughter from captivity in Gaza for almost a year when he was pelted with eggs and verbally abused.

The father of Liri Albag, who is held hostage by Hamas, was protesting recently outside a political event attended by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in the coastal city of Netanya.