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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Ohad Ben Ami

Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami speaks in a pre-recorded video played during a protest at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, February 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 16, 2025, 2:19 am
In video address to hostage rallies, freed captive pleads for protests to continue
Ohad Ben Ami speaks of ‘psychological terrorism,’ tells protesters their support kept him going; mother of hostage Matan Zangauker says Netanyahu ‘stands between us and all the hostages’
By Noam Lehmann, Jessica Steinberg, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Top left to right: Released hostage Or Levy is embraced by relatives at Sheba Medical Center on February 8, 2025, soon after his release from Hamas captivity; Ohad Ben Ami reunites with his daughters Ella, Natalie and Yuli, and his wife Raz, at Ichilov hospital; bottom: Eli Sharabi (with his back to camera) is embraced by his brother Sharon (left) at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF/Haim Tsach/GPO)
February 15, 2025, 11:46 am
Traumatized and tortured: Freed hostages face arduous road to recovery
While many trauma experts say humans have a remarkable capacity for resilience, studies show that the psychological damage of captivity endures a lifetime
By Diana Bletter
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, onstage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 9, 2025, 4:36 pm
Reports: Newly freed hostages were abused, now suffer malnutrition, heart disorders
Outlets cite families of Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami as saying they were held in Gaza tunnels; health officials: Conditions worse than previous returned captives
By Elana Kirsh, Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Hamas hands over hostage Or Levy to the Red Cross on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 2:46 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 9: Day 492 – 2 released hostages didn’t know loved ones were killed
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses freed captives, Gazans’ return to Netzarim Corridor area, plus IDF’s Saturday strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Syria
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
Left to right: Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami seen on a stage set up by Hamas in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, before the terror group handed them over to the Red Cross, February 8, 2025 (Eyad Baba / AFP)
February 8, 2025, 2:56 pm
Health Ministry: Hostages suffering severe malnutrition; Herzog: Crime against humanity
Group of October 7 victims’ families says emaciated condition of Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami evokes Holocaust images * Ben Ami’s mom: ‘He looks like a skeleton’
By ToI Staff
From left: Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami are seen on a stage in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, at a Hamas propaganda ceremony on their release from captivity, Feb. 8, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
February 8, 2025, 2:52 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 8: Day 491 – Emaciated, 3 released hostages to now learn families’ fates
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the three Israeli civilian men’s release this morning, ongoing IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Lebanon
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is paraded by Hamas gunmen before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 8, 2025, 1:52 pm
‘Shocked’ PM vows ‘action’ over emaciated hostages; critics ask, ‘What did he expect?’
Security offical: It should have come as no surprise to Netanyahu; hostage’s father blasts him for staying in DC as ‘Israeli citizens are released looking like Holocaust survivors’
By ToI Staff
Top row, left to right: Released hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami seen on a stage set up by Hamas in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, before the terror group handed them over to the Red Cross, February 8, 2025. Bottom row, the three Israelis as pictured before they were abducted. (Eyad Baba / AFP; courtesy)
February 8, 2025, 12:20 pm
Gaunt and frail, hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami freed after 16 months
Sharabi did not know his wife, daughters were murdered on Oct. 7; Levy’s wife was also murdered; Hostages forum: ‘Horrifying images’ of the 3 at Hamas handover show urgent need for all captives to come home
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Ohad Ben Ami was taken captive from his home in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023 by Hamas terrorists (Courtesy)
December 18, 2023, 1:00 pm
Ohad Ben Ami, dual Israeli-German citizen, released from Gaza after 16 months
Be’eri resident’s wife Raz freed in Nov. 2023 mediation; Ohad released on Feb. 8, 2025, ceasefire-hostage release deal
By ToI Staff
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