‘She saw how people were fighting to bring her home’: Freed hostage Liri Albag visits Hostages Square

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

Freed hostage Liri Albag visits Hostage Square on February 24, 2025 (Courtesy Albag family)
Freed hostage Liri Albag visits Hostage Square on February 24, 2025 (Courtesy Albag family)

Freed hostage Liri Albag visits Hostages Square with her older sister Shay, who says that Liri saw an image of Hostages Square while in Hamas captivity.

“She saw the Saturday night rallies,” writes Shay Albag on Instagram. “It strengthened her, that’s how she knew she wasn’t forgotten.”

“She saw how people were fighting to bring her home,” writes Albag. “And today for the first time, she’s seeing it with her own eyes. She sees the square and the sighs and the people who are part of the struggle. She seems how much love was around her all the time. We have to continue doing everything we can until the final hostage.”

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