Released hostage Emily Damari says she is “the happiest person in the world” following her release from Hamas captivity yesterday, 15 months after she was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023.
“Love, love, love,” Damari writes in a post on Instagram. “I have returned to my beloved life.”
She thanks her family and friends for their support, and says that the outpouring of love she has been shown has caused her heart “to explode with excitement.”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m the happiest in the world just to be.”
She signs her post with the “rock on” emoji, using it to symbolize her two missing fingers, which she lost on the day of her abduction after she was shot in the hand by Hamas terrorists.
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