Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Soccer star Haaland holds video call with freed Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov
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Released hostage Omer Shem Tov returning to his home in Herzliya, March 1, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
Norwegian soccer superstar Erling Haaland holds a video call with released Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov.
In a video posted on Instagram by Shem Tov, Haaland is seen smiling and asking the former Gaza captive, who was freed by Palestinian terrorists in February, how he is doing.
“Thank you so much for calling me,” Shem Tov says, adding that he’s doing “amazing, thank God.”
“I really appreciate what you are doing and I really like you… it’s amazing, I’m so excited.”
ארלינג הולאנד, כוכב נבחרת נורווגיה ומנצ'סטר סיטי, שוחח עם שורד השבי עומר שם טוב | תיעוד@lianwildau
(צילום: מתוך אינסטגרם) pic.twitter.com/sD9nUrC2p4— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 16, 2025
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