Smiling Emily Damari reunites with mother, holds up hand with two fingers missing after she was shot on Oct. 7

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19 January 2025, 7:29 pm 59 Edit

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

Former hostage Emily Damari is seen on a video call with her family after meeting with her mother at an IDF facility near the Gaza border, January 19, 2025. Emily is seen with a bandaged hand. She lost two fingers after being shot by Hamas terrorists during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (Courtesy)

Images posted to social media show former hostage Emily Damari on a video call with her family after reuniting with her mother at an IDF facility near the Gaza border.

Damari and the other two hostages Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher, released after 471 days in Hamas captivity, are undergoing initial medical assessments at the army facility, and they will soon be taken to a hospital.

The images show a bandage on Emily’s hand after she was wounded during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. Smiling, she holds up her bandaged hand as she waves.

According to Damari’s family, Emily lost two fingers after being shot by Hamas terrorists during the onslaught.