WATCH: Freed hostage Hisham al-Sayed reunites with family, arrives at hospital

Hisham al-Sayed flies to Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv in an IDF helicopter with his father Sha’ban and his brother Wasim.

He then meets family members in the hospital, who kiss him and ask him in Arabic how he is doing.

Freed hostage Hisham al-Sayed arrives at Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, after being released by Hamas following 10 years in Gaza captivity, February 22, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Sayed, who spent a decade in Hamas captivity and suffers from mental health issues, displays little emotion as he reunites with his family.

“How good it is that you’ve come home,” reads signs the hospital put up in Arabic and Hebrew.

His father has told media Hisham returned “destroyed, emotionally and cognitively” and that he “looks like he was in a torture camp for 10 years.”