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Avera Mengistu and family airlifted to hospital

By Emanuel Fabian 22 February 2025, 12:28 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Released hostage Avera Mengistu and members of his family are being airlifted by an Israeli Air Force helicopter from an army base near the Gaza border to a hospital in central Israel, the military says.

Mengistu will receive medical care and meet the rest of his family there.

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