Rescued hostage Ori Megidish returning to active IDF service today

By Emanuel Fabian

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26 February 2024, 9:51 am 8 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

President Isaac Herzog meets with soldier Ori Megidish, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 and freed in an Israeli military operation in Gaza in late October, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 11, 2024. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Cpl. Ori Megidish, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and later rescued by special forces from captivity in the Gaza Strip, will return to army service today.

Megidish, who was an observation soldier at the Nahal Oz post, will now serve in the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate.

The IDF says the decision to return Megidish to service “stemmed from her personal desire and sense of mission to serve the country.”