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Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Hod Hasharon

‘I hear him screaming’: brother of Israeli hostage describes agonising two years

Gal Gilboa Dalal
Gal Gilboa Dalal was with his brother Guy at the Nova Festival on 7 October 2023. Guy was kidnapped by Hamas during the attack that day. Photo by Quique Kierszenbaum Composite: Guardian

Sometimes two years seem to have lasted for ever. Sometimes Gal Gilboa-Dalal feels trapped in an eternal present, still living the agonising, endless day when his brother, Guy, was kidnapped by Hamas.

The siblings were at the Nova festival, dancing in a grove of trees just a few kilometres from Gaza, when militants broke through the border to launch the deadliest attacks since Israel was founded and take 250 people hostage.

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