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Romi Gonen
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Traumatized and tortured: Freed hostages face arduous road to recovery
By
Diana Bletter
While many trauma experts say humans have a remarkable capacity for resilience, studies show that the psychological damage of captivity endures a lifetime
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
February 6, 2025, 8:17 pm
Freed hostages tell of deprivation in Gaza, urge return of all those still captive
Keith Siegel was made to lie down at all times for the last two months of captivity; Romi Gonen, so deprived of food, no longer recognized feeling of hunger upon her release
By
Melanie Lidman
February 5, 2025, 8:03 pm
Despite suffering, Romi Gonen returned from captivity with a smile, says mother
Meirav Leshem Gonen tells ToI about the terrible conditions her daughter endured, hails all the hostages who’ve come home as ‘true survivors… they decided to live’
By
Jessica Steinberg
February 4, 2025, 11:42 pm
IDF soldiers released from captivity were held by senior Hamas terrorist – report
Former hostages were not aware of high-ranking position of captor, who apparently kept them as human shields, tried to extract information on border security
By
ToI Staff
January 29, 2025, 12:33 pm
Romi Gonen’s father: Long road ahead for recovery, family not pushing her to share
Eitan Gonen says his daughter survived Hamas captivity thanks to Emily Damari’s company, learned Arabic to communicate with captors
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
January 29, 2025, 11:08 am
Ex-hostage says Liri Albag saved her life as Hamas captors tortured, threatened her
Amit Soussana, released in 2023, credits intervention of hostage freed Saturday; Naama Levy, Romi Gonen share beginnings of recovery, urge release of remaining captives
By
ToI Staff
January 25, 2025, 10:38 pm
Choreographer looks back on a year of dances for freed captive
Etai Peri, who once taught released hostage Romi Gonen, reflects on leading movement events with her friends at Hostages Square
By
Jessica Steinberg
January 21, 2025, 12:24 am
‘I thought I’d die in Gaza’: First testimonies from freed hostages released
Former captives quoted saying they ‘were scared to death’ during Hamas transfer in Gaza City; some hardly saw daylight in 471 days; all of them knew what happened on October 7
By
ToI Staff
and
Jessica Steinberg
January 20, 2025, 8:25 pm
‘I came back alive!’: Videos show freed hostages reuniting with their mothers
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher, tearful and smiling, seen embracing their moms shortly after crossing into Israeli territory for the first time in 471 days
By
ToI Staff
and
Emanuel Fabian
January 20, 2025, 6:17 pm
‘I’m alive again, my beloveds’: Ex-hostages send first messages after Gaza captivity
Less than 24 hours after being released by Hamas in first stage of nascent truce, Emily Damari signs social media post with ‘rock on’ emoji to represent two fingers lost on Oct. 7
By
ToI Staff
January 20, 2025, 11:44 am
Hamas forces parting ‘gift bags’ on freed hostages as mementos of hellish captivity
Paper bags with Hamas’s armed wing logo said to contain pictures of the women from their time held in Gaza, official-looking ‘release papers’
By
ToI Staff
January 19, 2025, 10:49 pm
From hell to safety in a few frenzied seconds
This deal with Hamas will be a long, national rollercoaster ordeal — joy to dread, relief to horror. All the more reason to celebrate the release of Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher
By
David Horovitz
January 19, 2025, 7:07 pm
Hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher return to Israel after 471 days
Masked Hamas gunmen hand women over to Red Cross in midst of raucous crowds in Gaza City; women meet their mothers at IDF facility near Gaza, before transfer to hospital
By
Emanuel Fabian
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ToI Staff
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