"We are a strong and united family" says Yechi Yehud, whose children - Arbel and Dolev - are still held captive by Hamas in Gaza, having not been among the 80 released in a recent truce. "This was a very hard breaking point" explains the 64-year-old during an interview with AFP at his home in Rishon LeZion. The siblings were kidnapped along with Arbel's partner, Ariel Cunio, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, near Israel's border with the southern Gaza Strip during the deadly Hamas attack on October 7. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES