The first three hostages who returned to , under the new ceasefire agreement with the ceasefire in Gaza are in a “stable state”, the hospital where they were transferred today (20.01,2025) according to the Times of Israel. About 90 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons were released from Hamas yesterday Sunday (19.01.2020) in exchange for the release of the three hostages, Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher, who returned to Israel, after spending more than 15 months hostage in the Gaza Strip. ADVERSE “It will take a few more days to complete the necessary tests, ” said Shefi Mendelovic, the chief assistant director at the Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv. Hospital staff will continue to monitor their clinical condition, he added. The three women were kidnapped from Gaza during Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. After surrendering to the International Red Cross, they were taken to hospital to reunite with their families. CORVERSE What her family states Damari, who has dual citizenship, Israeli and British, made a post on Instagram where she expresses her feelings after her release after 471 days of hostage. “ I have returned to my beloved life. I am the happiest man in the world and only living, ” reportedly the 28 – year – old, according to what the Times of Israel wrote. Mayan Toaf/GPO/Handout via REUTERS Emily’s mother, Mandy Damari, in an announcement issued through the Home and Missing Families Forum said her daughter “is in a much better state of health than we expected.” “ Yesterday I finally managed to embrace Emily, just as I had dreamed I would for a long time, ” he said, thanking the public for their constant support over the last 15 months. “ You are all an integral part of Emily’s family. ” The reactions of other hostages Mandy Damari praised her daughter’s “unbelievable vigor”, said the road to recovery “just beginning” and called for respect for her daughter’s privacy and the entire family. Mayan Toaf/GPO/Handout via REUTERS For her part, Meirav Leshem Gonen, Romi Gonen’s mother, also released yesterday, said she “needs a little time to believe the new reality” In a brief Facebook posting, Leshem Gonen says that she currently lives “in an alternate reality, cut off from the outside world, where nothing exists but the family. ”
Israel: “I am the happiest man in the world and only living” declares one of Hamas’ hostages
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