Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 19, 2025
IDF says Romi, Emily and Doron ‘are now in safe hands’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Hamas terrorists hand over hostages Doron Steinbrecher (center, in pink sweater), Emily Damari and Romi Gonen, abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners deal, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025 (Reuters)
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, in a press conference, says former hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher “are now in safe hands.”
“They are in our hands. They are coming home,” he says.
The three women are being brought to a facility near the border for an initial checkup, before being taken to a hospital.