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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Image shows freed hostage Tal Shoham reuniting with family at hospital
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Freed hostage Tal Shoham reunites with family members at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, February 22, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
An image released by the National Public Diplomacy Directorate shows Tal Shoham reuniting with family members at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.
Shoham spent 505 days in Hamas captivity.
Also taken hostage that day were his wife, Adi Shoham, their daughter, Yahel, 3, and son, Naveh, 8, as well as his mother-in-law Shoshan Haran, his wife’s aunt Sharon Avigdori and the latter’s daughter Noam, 12. They were released on November 25, 2023.
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