Israeli military women reunited with families

The nineteen -year -old lyrics albag rushes to his parents, causing joyful shouts.

“My beauty. You’re a hero. You’re at home. That’s all,” says her mother when all three laugh and cry together.

The moment, shot by Israeli military, was the first case where the family saw each other in more than 15 months.

The lyre was one of the first Israelis taken hostage during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, when the military base on the border with the gas where it served was captured.

She was Among the four military military women who will be returned to Israel On Saturday as part of the first stage of the Hamas cease agreement. Two hundred Palestinian prisoners were released in response.

“The sense of relief and happiness covers us after 477 long and unbearable days of nervous expectation,” the statement said in a statement shortly after her return.

On Saturday morning, crowds of people who watched the big screen news out of the Gaza sector were gathered at Tel Aviv Square and waited for the group to return to Israel.

Together with the lyre, soldiers Karina Aryev, Daniel Gilboa and Naam Levi were released, all for 20 years.

When women in the armed men in masks from al-Cass Hamas brigades appeared for a staged transfer to the Palestine Square in Gaza, applause was heard. They held their hands and waved their hands before they were taken by the Red Cross.

“It’s weird. They’re amazing. You saw them stood and smiled?” One woman who watched a live broadcast with the crowd in Tel Aviv said.

In the crowd, who watched the events in Gaza, one person told the BBC that Hamas returned the hostage “honor” and declared the moment the group.

The women were then handed over to the Israeli military and later taken to the hospital on a helicopter.

At the press briefing, Baylinson Hospital Dr. Lena Koren Feldman described the released hostages as a “stable state”, but said that they would continue “comprehensive medical and emotional assessment”.

They were the second group of released hostages Agreement on ceasefireaimed at the final end of the war that began a week ago after months of negotiations.

Four women were held hostage on October 7 from Nahal-OZ military base, about a kilometer from the gas border.

They were part of an unarmed observer squad consisting only of womenKnown as Tatzpitaniyot in Hebrew, the role of which was the study of video surveys filmed by cameras along a high-tech fence, and finding signs of something suspicious.

Several conscripts and families of the dead have stated that they had been warned just months before October 7.

It was clear that there was a “balloon that was going to burst,” one BBC said.

The Israeli military has previously stated that they were in the midst of “a thorough investigation of the events of October 7, including those that took place in Nahal-OZ, and the circumstances that preceded.”

One woman from the unit, Agam Berger, remains in Gaza. In Saturday’s statement, her family stated that they were “very glad and embarrassed” with the return of four others, while they continue “to look forward to hugging agam, God forbid next week.”

Another woman who served in the division with them but was not on the shift on October 7, said the BBC: “I was very emotional … The feeling like the sisters return home.”

“God forbid, we will all sit down and talk together, but of course without pressure. They should be healed first. “

For the families killed on October 7, observers were a bitter moment.

“This is a very emotional day for us,” said Held Levi, whose niece Ronnie served with four women, but was killed as a result of the attacks.

“We are very pleased to see Karina, Daniel, Lyra and Naam, who return home to their families. At the same time, we remember that gas still has hostages. And for us we remember Ronnie, who will never return home. “

Israel expected that the Civil Outliner Arbel Yehud would be included on Saturday and accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire conditions to prefer civilian women. Hamas said Ms. Yehud would be released next weekend.

Another civic woman who has not yet been released is the Bibas wide hostage with her husband and two young children, Ariel and Kfir.