At a press conference, the father of Arbel Yehoud, who was released from Gaza yesterday, says: “Considering the hell she’s been through, she came back in decent health.”
“She survived heroically to the last moment,” Yehiel Yehoud says.
He thanks the German government for its efforts (Arbel is a German citizen) and US President Donald Trump and his envoy Steve Witkoff “who knew how to speak Trumpish in the Middle East and use the full weight [of US influence] toward freeing the hostages.”
He also thanks the Israeli government “for realizing — even if very late and at the cost of the lives of hostages and soldiers — that there is no choice but to go through with the deal, free the hostages, and end the war, because this is the true victory needed to rehabilitate the nation and its people.”
Yehoud stresses that “the struggle is not over. Alongside Arbel, who is in good health and displaying immense mental strength, we will continue to fight until everyone returns.”
He says the family will also “now turn to grieve together for Dolev, our firstborn and beloved son.”
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