Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, leaves hospital a week after returning from Hamas captivity

6 February 2025, 1:14 pm

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Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)

Former hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, leaves the hospital and heads home after completing his initial recovery and the necessary medical checkups, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital says.

Mozes, who was released a week ago as part of a ceasefire deal after 482 days of Hamas captivity, thanks his family, IDF soldiers, security services, the hospital, and “everyone who helped me get released and the entire Israeli nation.”

He says that to achieve “national rehabilitation and redemption,” all hostages must be brought home.

Mozes asks the media and the public to “respect my need for privacy” as he returns to his life, adding he hopes to soon resume his normal agricultural lifestyle and “contribute to the rebuilding of Kibbutz Nir Oz.”