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Freed hostage Ohad Ben Ami gets ecstatic welcome from local schoolchildren as he arrives home from hospital

13 February 2025, 1:53 pm
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Freed hostage Ohad Ben Ami gets an ecstatic welcome from local schoolchildren as he arrives at the apartment his family has rented in Tel Aviv, shortly after he was released from the hospital.

Ben Ami was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. He was released by Hamas last Saturday.

Video shows children reaching through the fence surrounding the school to shake his hand, as crowds of kids gather round him.

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