Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Freed hostage Naama Levy hugs a relative after reuniting in Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva on January 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
The Prime Minister’s Office releases new photos and videos of released hostages Naama Levy, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev and Daniella Gilboa reuniting with their families upon their return to Israel.
Video from the IDF Spokesman’s Office shows the four young women on the helicopter with their families from the Gaza border to Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikva.
Four IDF soldiers released from Hamas captivity travel with their parents from the Gaza border area to a hospital in central Israel, on January 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
Levy holds up a whiteboard aboard the helicopter reading “Finally HOME!” in English, adding in Hebrew: “Thank you to the people of Israel.”
An emotional Gilboa bursts into tears reuniting with her extended family inside the hospital, while Albag screams with delight while hugging her siblings.
Freed hostage Liri Albag runs to hug her siblings in Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva on January 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
Levy marvels how much her younger brother has grown in the more than 15 months she has been in captivity, and Ariev shares a long emotional hug with a relative.
Flanked by her parents, freed hostage Daniella Gilboa reacts after seeing her relatives in Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva on January 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)Freed hostage Liri Albag hugs her relatives after reuniting in Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva on January 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
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