THIS is the tear-jerking moment the four Israeli hostages reunited with their weeping families after finally being freed from Hamas hell in Gaza.
Emotional footage shows Karina Ariev, 20, Daniela Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Elbag, 19, running to embrace their parents as their months-long nightmare is over at last.
AFPDaniela Gilboa ran into her family’s arms upon seeing them on Saturday[/caption]
AFPThe moment Naama Levy is reunited with family at an army screening point in Reim in southern Israel[/caption]
AFPLiri Albag hugs her loved ones tight after finally seeing them again in more than a year[/caption]
AFPKarina Ariev and her parents reunited at last after 477 days of horror[/caption]
They were handed over to the Red Cross earlier today and taken back to safety with Israeli forces.
The four soldiers were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, during the deadly assault on Israel’s Nahal Oz military base.
The moment of reunion was nothing short of heartbreaking.
One soldier, tears streaming down her face, flung herself into her father’s arms, her body shaking as she collapsed in relief.
Screams of joy and overcoming emotion echoed at the Israeli military base where Karina, Daniela, Naama and Liri met with their parents after over a year of agony.
The young women have gone through unimaginable trauma under Hamas and will now carry the scars of their 477 days under the terror group’s claws.
The soldiers, kidnapped during Hamas’s deadly assault on the Nahal Oz military base on October 7, 2023, were paraded in Gaza City before being handed over to the Red Cross earlier today.
In the horrifying spectacle, masked fighters surrounded the young women as crowds watched them wave from a stage in one last cruel display before their eventual release.
Back in Israel, their parents – watching the live broadcast from a military base – sobbed, clapped and embraced as the moment they had prayed for finally came.
In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, hundreds of Israelis gathered, crying and cheering in unison as the images of the handover lit up a giant screen.
But posters of other hostages still in captivity served as a somber reminder that the fight isn’t over.
For these women, the agony began on that fateful October morning.
Dragged from their posts in a bloodied and brutal assault, they became propaganda pawns for Hamas.
Naama appeared in videos, her clothes drenched in blood, her injuries visible.
Daniela was injured during her abduction and forced into more propaganda footage.
Liri, just three days into her role as a surveillance soldier, became the youngest of the group to endure this hell.
Today’s release, the second of the fragile ceasefire deal, saw Hamas trade the four women for 200 Palestinian prisoners.
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What happened on October 7?
HAMAS launched a brutal surprise attack on Israel, marking one of the darkest days in the nation’s history.
Terrorists stormed across the border from Gaza, killing over 1,200 people — most of them civilians — and kidnapping 250 others, including women, children, and the elderly.
The coordinated assault saw heavily armed fighters infiltrate Israeli towns, kibbutzim, and military bases, unleashing indiscriminate violence.
Innocent families were slaughtered in their homes, and graphic footage of the atrocities spread across social media, leaving the world in shock.
And as well as attacking people in their homes, they stormed the Nova music peace festival – killing at least 364 people there alone.
The massacre triggered a swift and massive retaliatory response from Israel, escalating into a full-scale war.
The attack not only reignited long-standing tensions in the region but also left deep scars on both sides of the conflict, setting the stage for the 15 months of devastation that followed.
