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Hospital official: Ohad Ben Ami’s severe malnourishment ‘reminds us of the urgency’ of the quick return of rest of hostages
Reporter at The Times of Israel
Ohad Ben Ami in (L) an undated photo and (R) upon his release by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on February 8, 2025 (Courtesy;Eyad Baba / AFP)
Former hostage Ohad Ben Ami, released after 491 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza is suffering severe malnourishment says Prof. Gil Fire, deputy director of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, where Ben Ami is being treated.
Ben Ami has lost a “significant amount of his body weight,” Fire says, “and we are prepared to address the additional health consequences of prolonged captivity under terrible conditions.”
The condition of Ben Ami and the two other freed hostages, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, “reminds us of the urgency” of the quick return of the other hostages still in Gaza, Fire says.
