After fifteen months of war in the Gaza Strip, the ceasefire came into force this Sunday, January 19. As agreed under the agreement, three hostages were released by the Islamist organization and were able to reunite with their loved ones.
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages to be released today. They are Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen. Respectively aged 31, 28 and 24, the three young women were kidnapped on October 7, 2023. during the Hamas attack at the Supernova electronic music festivalin Réïm and in the Kibbutz Kfar Aza located nearly 15 kilometers north of the festival.
The Israeli army, which announced their return to the country, confirmed in a statement that the “three freed hostages had landed in hospital with their mothers, where they will be reunited with the rest of their family and will receive medical care.” Images of the reunion with their loved ones were published by the press. A moving moment for these three women held hostage for 15 months.
-“Emily’s nightmare in Gaza is over,” said Mandy Damari, the mother of the Israeli-British hostage freed with two other Israeli hostages on Sunday, the first day of the truce between Hamas and Israel. “After 471 days, Emily is finally home,” Mandy Damari said in a statement, thanking “everyone who continued to fight for Emily during this terrible ordeal.”
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