Emily Damari said to have asked Hamas captors to release Keith Siegel, 65, before her

Emily Damari, who was released by Hamas on Sunday, had asked her captors to first free Keith Siegel, father of her close friend Shir Siegel, Channel 12 reported Friday, citing Damari’s conversations with friends.

Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old US native, is believed to be in worse shape than Damari, a 28-year-old dual British-Israel citizen. He is slated to be released later in the 42-day first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, which requires Hamas to release 33 women, children, men aged 50 and over, and ill and wounded men.

Damari was one of the first three women to be released, followed by four female soldiers on Saturday — a breach of the agreement since two civilian women and two children remain in captivity.

Damari was shot by Hamas gunmen when she was abducted from her home at Kibbutz Kfar Aza and lost two fingers. The gunmen who burst into her home shot her dog, she reportedly told her family and friends, and she was hit, too, as she tried to comfort her dying pet.

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