Released hostage Alon Ohel en route home, greeted by crowds of well-wishers

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

Released hostage Alon Ohel heads home to Lavon on October 24, 2025. (Reuven G Sz/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
Released hostage Alon Ohel heads home to Lavon on October 24, 2025. (Reuven G Sz/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Released hostage Alon Ohel heads home to Lavon, a community in northern Israel, after being released from Rabin Medical Center this morning.

Crowds of well-wishers greet Ohel at the Mitzpeh Aviv junction in northern Israel to welcome him home.

A banner reads: “Alon, how amazing! Now you’re home.”

“I’m returning to my home in the north to begin a process of rehabilitation and to rebuild myself so that I can accomplish all of my goals,“ says Ohel upon his release.

Crowds of well-wishers at Mitzpe Aviv junction welcome Alon Ohel home to northern Israel. (Reuven G Sz/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

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