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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Monday, October 13, 2025
Israel’s hospitals prepared to receive freed hostages, Health Ministry official says
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A room is ready for returning hostages at Ichilov Hospital on October 9, 2025. (Courtesy/Ichilov Hospital)
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov says that Israel’s entire health system has mobilized to receive the 20 living hostages being freed from Gaza today, as well as the bodies of deceased hostages to be returned to the country.
“Alongside the hope and joy, there is also immense sorrow for the families of the hostages who will be brought to eternal rest in Israel,” he says.
Siman-Tov thanks the professional divisions of the Health Ministry, hospitals, health care systems, and the Abu Kabir National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
He says the ministry will continue to provide “the best possible psychological support for the entire population of Israel.”
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