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She still has a bullet in her leg, which hasn't been removed yet
Her auntie, Etti Schwartz, said Everyone knew Naama from the very beginning of the nightmare that we have all been enduring for the last 477 days
Naama's relative Marissa Shemi said Liri has personality and that does not change
Her aunt, Ruhama Albag, said yesterday They are still amazed from the fact that they have come from the darkness to the light and they can be with their mums
On the four girls' general condition, she said My daughter returned thin and pale and she suffered in captivity
She said in a statement at a press conference for the relatives of the freed hostages I cannot share much, but I was told she ate a pita or two a day, until their stomachs swelled
Describing their conditions in captivity, she added You, like us, believed that Daniella was ok, that it was just a cruel mind game that Hamas was playing against us, and now it’s our turn to keep praying for everyone,
My understanding is that the terrorist who murdered my brother will be deported outside of Israel, to Turkey or Qatar,
Israel succumbed to humanitarian pressure at the most critical moment, providing aid that effectively reinforced Hamas’s civilian control in Gaza,
Many of the leaders of Hamas who orchestrated the Oct. 7 massacre were among those released in previous deals,
Bar told the security cabinet, while still recommending going ahead with the deal We are overjoyed and moved by the return of our four girls home
Her family said last night I love you, citizens of the State of Israel, IDF soldiers and my family
Liri, who just last month was paraded in a sickening hostage video begging for her life, was seen making a heart with her hands and told cameras For me, as a citizen of the state of Israel and a citizen of the world, I think we need to focus on life. And this is why I think the war should end. I think the cycle of violence should end,
I am worried because this is the one and only chance to bring everyone home,
said Efrat Machikawa, 56, whose uncle Gadi Moses, 80 was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz We are dependent on Hamas to respect the terms of the deal; they failed to do it today,
he told The Independent, fearing they were doing this for “leverage”. I will not go back to the tent,
Zaki Kashef, 26, waiting on the coastal road to return north from Deir Al-Balah where he had been sheltering with his family for more than a year, told Reuters via a chat app They could have been any one of us, that’s why we feel this so deeply. It is bittersweet because now we have to keep fighting for the others,
We all have daughters the same age serving in the military,
I was amazed by their mental strength. Strong women who survived days of hell and the light in their eyes did not go out,
the hospital director said I don’t like the way [the handover] was done, but after 7 October, nothing surprises me anymore,
said Ella, 52, from Holon, near Tel Aviv
