{"id":4806,"date":"2025-02-08T18:35:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/heres-a-look-at-the-3-israeli-hostages-freed-saturday\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:35:43","slug":"heres-a-look-at-the-3-israeli-hostages-freed-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/heres-a-look-at-the-3-israeli-hostages-freed-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a Look at the 3 Israeli Hostages Freed Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas released three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in a highly theatrical handover in which the men were made to give speeches effectively at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The hostage release is the fifth in a tense series of exchanges that are part of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/world\/middleeast\/israel-cabinet-ceasefire-gaza.html\" title=\"\">a 42-day cease-fire deal<\/a> that went into effect last month pausing the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Hamas agreed to incrementally release 33 of the nearly 100 remaining hostages in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinians jailed by Israel and a partial Israeli withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s a closer look at the Israelis released on Saturday:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-10f41463\">Ohad Ben Ami<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe only important thing is for Ohad to come back,\u201d Raz Ben Ami <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/card\/2024\/08\/14\/admin\/israel-hostages-released\" title=\"\">told The New York Times in August<\/a>, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s still hard for me to imagine our life after this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ella Ben Ami, one of the couple\u2019s three daughters, was a vocal advocate for a cease-fire deal. She was critical of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/18\/world\/middleeast\/hostages-netanyahu-congress.html\" title=\"\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s decision<\/a> to speak in Congress in July, saying he should not travel abroad until there was an agreement to free the hostages. A video posted on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraelinUSA\/status\/1829686543004680397\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media in August<\/a>, showed Ms. Ben Ami near the border with Gaza calling her father\u2019s name with a microphone in hand and saying she missed him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, on Mr. Ben Ami\u2019s second birthday in captivity, his family marked the day with a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-832080\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bike ride<\/a> and a ceremony, according to his brother, Kobi, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2024-11-18\/ty-article\/.premium\/we-dont-want-a-sign-of-life-we-want-him-here\/00000193-3e4b-d5cd-a3bf-7e7f07790000\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told Israeli news media<\/a> that around 200 people joined them as they rode along a bicycle path created to commemorate 11 cyclists killed on Oct. 7 and hostages, including Mr. Ben Ami. He said the family had not received any signs he was alive since he was captured.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-679196e\">Or Levy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Levy was 33 when he was taken hostage. His wife, Eynav Levy, died on Oct. 7. Their son, who was just two at the time, was with Ms. Levy\u2019s mother while his parents went to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/15\/world\/middleeast\/israel-music-festival-massacre.html\" title=\"\">the Nova music festival<\/a>, an event held just a few miles from the Gaza border that was a key target of the assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Levy <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/taken-captive-or-levy-arrived-at-festival-minutes-before-onslaught\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">texted his mother<\/a> during the attack, including from a shelter that was stormed by the militants. The Israeli military later informed the family that Ms. Levy\u2019s body was found in the shelter and that Mr. Levy was being held in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The couple both worked in tech and lived near Tel Aviv. Mr. Levy\u2019s older brother, Michael Levy, spoke about his younger brother\u2019s dire situation at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/jweekly.com\/2024\/03\/18\/or-levy-still-a-hostage-in-gaza-once-lived-the-new-israeli-dream-brother-says-in-san-francisco\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an event in California in March<\/a>, one of many trips he made around the world to press for a hostage deal. At the time, he said he had not received indications his brother was dead but was not very optimistic about a deal.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5d54f2bb\">Eli Sharabi<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sharabi was also abducted from Be\u2019eri. His wife, Lianne and their two daughters, Noiya and Yahel, were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When he was in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Mr. Sharabi said that he was looking forward to being reunited with his wife and daughters. He apparently learned of their fate only when he was released, according to a TV report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His brother Yossi was also taken as a hostage to Gaza, where he was killed in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/idf-hostage-yossi-sharabi-was-likely-killed-as-a-result-of-idf-strike\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an Israeli airstrike<\/a>, the Israeli military later told his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two brothers and their families were very close, Nira Sharabi, Yossi Sharabi\u2019s wife, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/media.bringthemhomenow.net\/media\/Two%20families.%20Two%20brothers.%20Everything%20fell%20apart\/1_9vygesy1\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a video<\/a> published by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sharabi, 52, had lived on the kibbutz from the age of 14. It was also where he met his wife when she arrived from England as a volunteer nearly 20 years ago. At the time of the attack. Mr. Sharabi served as treasurer for the kibbutz and sat on its economic committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His brother, Sharon, said in December that news of progress on a cease-fire deal had prompted \u201cnew hope among the families of hostages that they might see their loved ones again \u2014 and at the same time, tension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe lost four people,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t intend to fill a fifth coffin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Lara Jakes<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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