“I have no tears. I spilled it all. “Give us back our daughter.” Call of Julio Rubio, father of Colombian Ivonne Rubio.
The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this Sunday that two citizens were missing in Israel following Hamas attacks: Antonio Mesias Montano and Ivonne Rubio. It is known that 260 dead bodies have been found so far at the couple’s electronic music festival held near the Gaza border.
(You can read: Live | Israeli Defense Minister orders ‘complete siege’ of Gaza).
“At that time, some requests for assistance were received to locate the two citizens. One of the incidents took place at a festival near the border between Gaza and Israel”, was reported in a statement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The State Department also noted that “a Colombian family from Gaza and another Colombian citizen were assisted through assistance mechanisms to other citizens and through Colombia’s consular representations in Egypt and Israel,” given that both consular sections had activated their attention mechanisms. he stated. For Colombians.
Videos on social networks show the panic that occurred during the attack on the Tribe of Nova electronic music festival held in the Negev desert on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip.
(Also: Video: Moments of panic among music festival attendees in Gaza; 260 dead).
In addition to witnessing the moment when rockets were fired from Gaza, the participants also saw people start to flee when armed men arrived at the concert venue.
“We were warned by the ‘red siren’. Chaos ensued, especially as vehicles tried to exit. Then the fire opened and we started running. “We are still hiding and waiting to be rescued,” said a man named Daniel, who was at the scene and whose statement was recovered by police. 20 minutes.
Two young people of Colombian origin, Antonio Mesias Montano and Ivonne Rubio, whose whereabouts are unknown, also attended the festival.
“They are the children of friends of our Colombian community and they are missing. They were at the Nova Party held in the Negev,” they stated in a Facebook post.
(Also: Political crisis in Israel, a rift that Hamas exploits | Analysis of the conflict).
“We don’t know anything right now, we don’t know where they are or what happened to them.” A friend of the couple told EL TIEMPO.
It is known that Ivonne is a model and mother, she is 26 years old. On social networks, she shares photos of herself on holiday, about her work and with her family: her partner Antonio and her two young children.
EL TIEMPO also confirmed with the couple’s relatives that Antonio worked at a beauty salon called Orel Eivgi, located at 48 Ben Gurion Boulevard in Herzliya, Israel.The couple has been in a relationship for more than 3 years.
According to Ivonne’s father Snail Radio, She had separated from her previous partner, with whom she had a child, and later met Antonio, who also had a daughter from a previous relationship.
“Children are defenseless, orphans, there is no one to care for them. “The situation is not easy at all,” said the worried father, adding:
“Ivonne is an incredible friend, A woman who loves life, dancing and being happy. She always helps and takes care of everyone. She is a family woman and we just want them to return home safely,” one of Ivonne’s friends told EL TIEMPO.
(Our advice: They are talking about Colombians trapped by the conflict in Israel).
The last thing Julio knew about his daughter was a phone call he made to her around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday. “I spoke to him for 50 seconds and to this day I never heard from him again and that’s what leaves us helpless because the uncertainty breaks your heart and you don’t really know what to do.”“said his father.
In fact, he said it was his daughter who told him in that meeting that they were at war.
He also explained that he left Colombia more than 30 years ago and was escaping the violence the country was experiencing at that time: “We have been here for 32 years, escaping the violence in our country (…) and we came here to get an idea. some peace and look what we found here.”
“We are just asking the Colombian people to help us, we have nothing to do with this conflict,” he added.
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