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Thursday, January 30, 2025
‘We’ll never leave you again’: Video shows emotional reunion of Agam Berger with parents
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel

Freed hostage Agam Berger embraces her parents Shlomi and Merav at an IDF facility next to the Gaza border on January 30, 2025. (IDF)
Video shows the emotional reunion of freed hostage Agam Berger with her parents at an IDF facility along the border with Gaza following her return to Israel.
Her mother, Merav, embraces the sobbing Agam, promising “it will be good, it will be good.”
“We’re here and we’ll never leave you again — forever,” Merav adds. “That’s a mother’s promise.”
Agam is also seen smiling and crying while video chatting with other relatives.
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