IDF chief meets with former hostage, cousin of current captives

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11 April 2025, 5:34 pm 2 Edit

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

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with (L-R) former hostage soldier Naama Levy, her brother Amit, and May Mayer, the cousin of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir met today with former hostage soldier Naama Levy and her brother Amit, along with May Mayer, who is the cousin of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman.

The three presented Zamir with a Passover Haggadah.

Zamir thanked them, saying, “Passover is incomplete without our hostages. We are committed to bringing everyone back,” according to an IDF statement.