Shoshanna Solomon was The Times of Israel's Startups and Business reporter
An area at the Safra Children's Hospital at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan prepared to welcome the released hostages on January 19, 2025 (Courtesy)
The three returning hostages will stay at the Safra Children’s Hospital at Ramat Gan’s Sheba Medical Center in the coming days and perhaps weeks.
They will be checked by a special medical staff and looked after by support personnel, the hospital says.
The hospital will provide them with fresh new clothes, toiletries, beauty care, and specially prepared meals as well.
The children’s hospital was chosen because it offers quiet accommodation and privacy.
Despite this, crowds of well-wishers gather outside.
“This is a joyful and fulfilling moment,” says Liah Lahat, whose 16-year-old daughter is a patient at the hospital. She is standing outside the cordoned-off press area.
“But it is joy mixed with sorrow,”
All of the children in the ward are very excited about the hostages’ return, she says. “My daughter has written and recorded songs for the hostages,” she says.
Press and welwishers gather outside the Safra Children’s Hospital at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan waiting for the arrival of the released hostages on January 19, 2025 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
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