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It was great to see her and hear her voice again
Pal Guy Yakobi, 29, added Emily Damari is officially an icon of resilience in Israel'
After October 7 is was very difficult to rebuild these feelings, so yesterday was a very emotional moment
Speaking to the Mail, Rotem Koren, a friend of Damari's said Yesterday, I was finally able to give Emily the hug that I have been dreaming of,
her mother Mandy Damari also said Monday in a statement released by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, which has been advocating for the release of the captives As wonderful as it is to see Emily’s resilience, these are still early days. As you will have seen yesterday, Emily lost two of the fingers on her left hand,
I am relieved to report that after her release, Emily is doing much better than any of us could ever have anticipated,
The ceasefire must continue and every last hostage must be returned to their families,
Our heroic Dodo, who survived 471 days in Hamas captivity, begins her rehabilitation journey today.”
In a statement on Sunday, they said The fear is that some of the hostages will be in a situation of total psychological collapse and that they will return in a critical condition,
This time, after [more than 470 days of detention], it's going to be horrible,
he said, predicting drastic weight loss of up to "half or a third" of original body weight It will take me, for us, a moment to breathe it in and believe in the reality we achieved together.”
Meirav Leshem Gonen said in a post on Facebook on Monday morning From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank the many people who have played a role in bringing Emily home and given their support to me and my family,
Let me just first, obviously say how pleased and delighted I am that Emily Damari has emerged,
he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday Thank you to my family, to Orali, to the best friends I have in this world,
she said in a post on Instagram There is no time to lose,
During the process of checking the names of the prisoners being released from Ofer prison, there was found to be one female prisoner missing.”
Thank God, I am here with my family, I’m satisfied,
It was like, when we tried to hold our heads high, the guards would do their best to hold us down,
The release of three hostages today is wonderful and long-overdue news after months of agony for them and their families
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said We welcome the release of three hostages in Gaza, including British national Emily Damari, and thank Qatar, Egypt and the US for their support in bringing these individuals' and their families' horrific ordeal to an end