Released Israeli hostages Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy had an emotional reunion with their family members after their release by Hamas on Saturday (Feb 8).
Ben Ami and Sharabi were taken hostage from Kibbutz Beeri during the cross-border Hamas-led attack on Oct 7, 2023 while Levy was abducted from the Nova music festival.
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Ben Ami and Sharabi were taken hostage from Kibbutz Beeri during the cross-border Hamas-led attack on Oct 7, 2023 while Levy was abducted from the Nova music festival.
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00:00Oh my God, how terrible is this.
00:07How terrible is this.
00:10We are all being destroyed.
00:18I am very sorry.
00:20I am leaving now because of the agreement,
00:22and the agreement is for the meat.
00:26I would like the 2nd and 3rd battalions to mobilize this battalion and end the war.
00:36All of us, all the prisoners of war, will go home in peace.
00:48I know, but I am very, very sorry that the day I am released,
00:52my brother Yosef Sharad, may he rest in peace,
00:55may he rest in peace here with me today.
01:07Thank you. It's a dream, it's a dream.
01:22I have a lot to say. It's like I was kidnapped.
01:26Time goes on, a year and four months, and I have a million things open.
01:32And I have to get answers to a lot of things.
01:35Time doesn't go on at all.
01:37To a lot, a lot of things.
01:39And I know that we have to get very difficult answers to some of the things.
01:42Right, right.
01:44And, yes, I need to know what happened on that day.
01:47But a quarter of your roads are closed.
01:49We will wait for you.
01:52In the minaret I was in, all kinds of things were flying around,
01:55and then I grabbed a bomb.
01:57Look, Dad.
01:58Yes, we need to hurry.
01:59We did it.
02:00We did it!
02:16Now it's a closure day.
02:17Two of our members are coming back from Gaza Strip,
02:20right here in Deir el-Balakh,
02:23four and a half kilometers from here.
02:25There were 491 days, something like that.
02:31I lost my count.
02:33Anyway, we are very happy for that.
02:36We're waiting for them.
02:39We're waiting for a long time.
02:41It's quite a shock, because I was positive
02:45that his situation will be much better.
02:48I know him as an energetic guy for many, many years.
02:53He's in a very, very bad situation, as I can see from the TV.
03:03The release is unbelievable, what's going on.
03:07It's for us a miracle to bring them home and to have them back.
03:13We just really want this to be over, you know.
03:17We hate this.
03:19We hate this and we want this war to end.
03:23And we can't bear this pain anymore,
03:27and this war anymore.
03:29Just support peace and love
03:33and people getting back together.
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