Family of IDF soldier Agam Berger, still held in Gaza, thanks public for outpouring of support

Protesters stand with portraits of Israeli hostages Agam Berger (20), Naama Levy (20), and others during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas October 7, 2023 attacks, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, October 24, 2024. (Ahmad Gharbli/AFP)
Protesters stand with portraits of Israeli hostages Agam Berger (20), Naama Levy (20), and others during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas October 7, 2023 attacks, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, October 24, 2024. (Ahmad Gharbli/AFP)

The family of Agam Berger, a surveillance soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and is still held in Gaza, issues a statement thanking the public for an outpouring of support after four other female IDF soldiers were released from captivity earlier today.

“Thank you to the people of Israel for the warm embrace, we are happy and excited about returning our four daughters home – we are all one big family!” they say in a statement.

“We are waiting and looking forward to embracing Agam, God willing, next week. We will not rest until all the hostages are safely back home.”

The IDF said earlier today that it was “committed” to the soldier’s return, along with the other 86 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 who remain in Gaza. That figure includes the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the IDF.

Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the body of an IDF soldier who was killed in 2014. The body of another IDF soldier, also killed in 2014, was recovered from Gaza this month.

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