Iair Horn flown over stadium of favorite soccer team Hapoel Beersheba

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Released hostage Iair Horn, who is a fan of Hapoel Beersheba, asked to fly over Turner Stadium, the home ground of the soccer club, en route to a hospital in central Israel.

The Israeli Air Force pilots who were airlifting Horn from an army base near the Gaza border obliged.

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