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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 30, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Freed hostage Agam Berger credits ‘faith,’ in message from chopper
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Released hostage Agam Berger and her parents Meirav, left, and Shlomi aboard a helicopter on the way to Rabin Medical Center on January 30, 2025. (IDF)
New footage shows freed hostage Agam Berger and her parents in a helicopter on their way to Rabin Medical Center earlier today.
Berger holds up a sign on a dry-erase board reading “I chose a path of faith and I returned through a path of faith.”
Released hostage Agam Berger and her parents Merav and Shlomi aboard a helicopter on the way to Rabin Medical Center on January 30, 2025. (IDF)
“Thank you to all the people of Israel and its heroic IDF soldiers!” adds Berger, a surveillance soldier kidnapped with several other female troops on October 7. “There’s nobody like you in the world!”
Her mother, Merav Berger, notes that four comrades released on Saturday chose to stay in the hospital until her release so that they could be reunited.
