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Friday, February 28, 2025
Released hostage Omer Wenkert: I almost forgot how sweet freedom is
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Omer Wenkert, who was freed from Hamas captivity a week ago, shares his first post on Instagram after returning home, celebrating his return to freedom.
“It happened. I’m free! There is no price for freedom and I almost didn’t remember how sweet and nice it is,” he writes alongside a slideshow of photos from the past week, including a video of him dancing with his father outside.
"אין מחיר לחופש, גאה להגיד שהבסתי את השבי": הפוסט המרגש של שורד השבי עומר ונקרט – והריקוד עם אבאhttps://t.co/AKdoPXIaMV pic.twitter.com/ODhwk6Mm2V
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“I’m usually a man of words, but today there are none in my mouth. 505 days of a heroic struggle. I’m proud to say, ‘I defeated captivity,'” he writes. “And now I’m embarking on a new path! Confusing, challenging, complicated, crazy, happy, exhausting, complex, uplifting, different, independent and wonderful!”
Wenkert says his new path “on every level is my return to life and to freedom.” He says he will soon complete all his medical checks in the hospital “and please God arrive at the threshold of my door, a moment I’ve been waiting for.”
The Times of Israel Community.