From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Family of Liri Albag eats sushi — former hostage’s favorite food — for first time in 477 days
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
After waiting 477 days for IDF soldier Liri Albag to be released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, her sisters post a photo of the family eating sushi together.
“On the second day of the war, our siblings made a promise that we wouldn’t eat sushi until Liri returned home as it was her favorite food. 477 days later, we can breathe again and eat sushi,” the Albag sisters write in the post.
“On the second day of the war, our siblings made a promise that we won’t eat sushi until Liri returns home as it was her favorite food. 466 days later, we can breathe again and eat sushi ????????????”
Live life to its fullest, Liri, you deserve it. pic.twitter.com/2Yo2kDPvPG
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) January 28, 2025
Albag was one of seven women released — three civilians and four soldiers — from Gaza so far as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal with the Palestinian terror group that came into effect last week.
The Soashi sushi restaurant in Petah Tikva that provided the celebratory meal made an extra effort with the delivery when it became clear that it was for Albag and her family.
“The moment I heard that Liri Albag’s favorite food is sushi, and her siblings had been waiting for her to eat together, it was clear to me that I would do everything to make their dream come true,” the restaurant owner writes in a post on Instagram.
Eighty-seven of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas in its brutal October 7, 2023, onslaught remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the IDF.
The Times of Israel Community.