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Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
WATCH: Freed hostage Ohad Ben Ami reunites with wife, brother at IDF facility near Gaza, video calls daughters
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami reunites with his wife Raz and brother Kobi at an army facility near the Gaza border after 491 days in Hamas captivity, as they make a video call to his three daughters, February 8, 2025. (IDF)
Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami reunites with his wife Raz and brother Kobi at an army facility near the Gaza border after 491 days in Hamas captivity, footage shows.
“I can’t believe it. You’re so handsome, I love you,” Raz says to Ohad as they embrace.
In a video call with his daughters, Ben Ami says, “Joy, you bring me joy.”
Ben Ami’s daughters Yulie, Natalie, and Ella, and his mother Esther, are waiting for Ohad at a hospital in central Israel.
“Dad, how we missed you… You are the strongest in this world,” his daughters say in the video call.
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