Freed hostage Avinatan Or released from hospital

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21 October 2025, 3:00 pm

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Reporter at The Times of Israel

(L-R) Prof. Gil Salsman, head of the mental health care team at the Returned Hostages Unit, freed hostage Avinatan Or, Prof. Noa Eliakim Raz, director of the unit, Avivit Zetelman, the head nurse at the unit, and Col. Yoav Bar Sela, commander of the hospital's IDF Reception Center on October 21, 2025 (Courtesy/Guy Yechieli)

Freed hostage Avinatan Or, who was admitted to Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson) upon his release from Hamas captivity on Gaza on October 13, was discharged today, the hospital says.

Or was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from the Nova festival on October 7, 2023, with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani, who was rescued by Israeli forces in June 2024.

Or will begin rehabilitation in the hospital’s Returned Hostages Unit. The hospital says it will continue to accompany him and his family, giving them all the support they need.

Four other freed hostages — Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Eitan Mor, and Alon Ohel — remain in the hospital.