British mum begs for release of only UK hostage left in Gaza one year on from October 7

The British parent of the sole UK hostage inactive held by Hamas terrorists successful Gaza has pleaded for governments to bring her girl home.

Mandy Damari made her incredibly moving entreaty astatine a commemorative lawsuit successful Hyde Park, London, connected Sunday, marking a twelvemonth since the unspeakable atrocities carried retired by Hamas during their onslaught connected Israel connected October 7.

Around 1,200 Israelis were killed, including 797 civilians and 36 children, and 251 others were taken hostage during the militant rampage, with Ms Damari's girl Emily among those taken.

Emily Damari, 28, a dual British-Israeli, was spoken astir fondly by her distraught mother, who recalled however her girl was an Ed Sheeran fan, foodie, London Zoo enthusiast and person of Tottenham Hotspur shot club.

Speaking with tears successful her eyes, Mandy Damari bravely told the assemblage connected Sunday her beauteous Emily remains "in hell" successful Gaza and that she had been "stripped of each quality right".

The British-Israeli 28-year-old, an Ed Sheeran fan, London Zoo enthusiast, foodie and Spurs supporter, with a mixed consciousness of classical British humour and "Israeli chutzpah", had had her "joy and airy locked away" for a year.

Ms Damari, who said her girl had a British consciousness of humour mixed with "Israeli chutzpah", said: "How is it that she (Emily) is inactive imprisoned determination aft 1 year?

"Why isn't the full world, particularly Britain, warring each infinitesimal to unafraid her release? She is 1 of their ain but her plight seems to person been forgotten.

"My beautiful, comic and brave daughter, who I emotion to the satellite and backmost deserves to travel home. I request to hug her again. I request to spot her smile.

"I cognize we could and should beryllium doing more. I and everyone other has failed her and the lone mode to marque america each consciousness full again is to get Emily and each the 101 hostages backmost to their families."

Last week Ms Damari, 68, a nursery schoolhouse teacher from South London, handed a enactment to the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urging him to bash everything successful his powerfulness to get it delivered to her girl successful Gaza.

Ms Damari herself has been tirelessly travelling the globe trying to drum up enactment among officials to assistance negociate the instrumentality of her beloved daughter.

During the Hamas onslaught connected October 7, Emily was staying astatine the Kfar Aza kibbutz adjacent to the Gaza borderline erstwhile the terrorists stormed the complex.

The sick thugs changeable dormant Emily's beloved aureate cockapoo dog, Choocha, arsenic she held the favored successful her arms and near Emily with a gunshot coiled to her hand.

Hamas killed 64 radical during the massacre, including men, women, the aged and children, earlier they snatched 19 people, including Emily, and dragged them backmost to their lair successful Gaza.

Ms Damari continued: “Five are inactive held successful Gaza, including my Emily. My beautiful, charismatic daughter, with the cheeky smile, was changeable and taken by unit from her location .

“Emily was taken, bleeding from her manus to Gaza by Hamas Nukkba terrorists, who blindfolded her and forced her into her ain car with 2 different friends.

“I cognize from the women and children who came backmost past November, erstwhile the past ceasefire woody was reached, that Emily was alive.Some of them had met her portion they were being moved around, immoderate for abbreviated periods, immoderate for longer.

“But they each told maine astir her bravery and courageousness and adjacent her laughter and the mode she helped clasp everyone adjacent successful the worst times."