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Saturday, February 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
WATCH: Released hostage Eli Sharabi arrives at central hospital, wrapped in Israeli flag
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Released hostage Eli Sharabi arrives at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, wrapped in an Israeli flag, as he walks to be reunited with members of his family after 491 days in Hamas captivity, February 8, 2025. (Haim Tsach/GPO)
Released hostage Eli Sharabi arrives at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, wrapped in an Israeli flag, as he walks to be reunited with members of his family after 491 days in Hamas captivity, footage shows.
He was reunited with his mother Chana and sister Osnat at an army facility near the Gaza border before being flown on a helicopter to the central Israel hospital.
Sharabi’s wife and two teenage daughters were killed on October 7, 2023, when he was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Be’eri.
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