Watch: Hostages Held by Hamas Reunite With Their Families
Dafna Elyakim, 15, and Ela Elyakim, 8, hug their mother, Maayan Zin, as they are reunited with her after Hamas held them captive for 51 days.
Fifty-eight hostages have been released after being taken captive by Hamas Oct. 7. Eleven hostages from Kibbutz Nir Oz are slated to be released Monday, Nov. 27. Israel’s military estimated before Friday’s releases that Hamas was holding about 240 people hostage.
Pictures and videos of several of the released hostages reuniting with their families have flooded social media. Here are some of them:
Emily Hand, 9, was reunited with her older sister and father. Her father had previously heard that she was dead.
https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1728809476239798520
Tomas and his daughter Emily, reunited ❤️. pic.twitter.com/sK2yTFVCns
— Chaim • חיים (@ChaimSmierc) November 25, 2023
Dafna Elyakim, 15, and Ela Elyakim, 8, were reunited with their mother, Maayan Zin.
Be a human being and let yourself cry as you watch the Zin family get reunited after being brutally torn apart by Hamas. pic.twitter.com/MKQDTo4m0e
— Eli Steinberg (@HaMeturgeman) November 27, 2023
Ela Elyakim, 8, and Dafna Elyakim, 15 are reunited with their mother Maayan Zin after spending 51 days in captivity.
On Oct 7th the young girls experienced a harrowing ordeal.
Hamas came into their fathers home and held them at gun point.
They were then forced to watch… pic.twitter.com/x1Zeps5UUH
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 27, 2023
Maya Regev, 21, was reunited with her family. Her brother Itay, 18, is still in captivity.
Emotional moment Maya Regev was reunited with her family.
Maya was abducted from the Nova music festival after being shot multiple times by Hamas terrorists. She was released yesterday and was seen using crutches. Some particularly cold hearted people on this platform suggested… pic.twitter.com/8dpM165wqz— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) November 26, 2023
Doron Katz Asher, 34, Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2, are reunited with their husband and father, Yoni.
Jewish family reunited 💙
The daughter, 4-year-old Raz, told her father that she dreamed about going home. #BringThemHome pic.twitter.com/Sz82CdiTnb
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) November 25, 2023
Ohad Monder, 9, is shown reuniting with his father as other freed hostages follow behind him and reunite with family members.
This video of 9 year old Ohad Monder being reunited with his father after 49 days of being held hostage by Hamas terrorists is beautiful.
There are simply no words.#BringThemAllHomeNow pic.twitter.com/SzpFCTfYmq
— Joe Roberts (@Joe_Roberts01) November 25, 2023
Hagar Brodutch, 40, and her children Ofri, 10, Yuval, 9, and Uriah, 4, were reunited with their husband and father, Avichai.
Yuval Brodetz, a 10-year-old boy who was held hostage by Hamas, is reunited with his father. pic.twitter.com/qKGA1F2Xd7
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) November 27, 2023
The Brodutch family was reunited last night ❤️🩹
Hagar and her children Ofri (10), Yuval (9), and Uriah (4) were held hostage by Hamas for 51 days. pic.twitter.com/Uegvdgctyn— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) November 27, 2023
Avigail Idan, age 4, lost both her parents on Oct. 7. She is photographed being reunited with extended family members.
Avigail Idan, 4, reunited with her aunt and uncle after being released.
Her parents were murdered on 7.10, her brother and sister survived. She fled from her home covered in her father’s blood. She went to her neighbour’s house where she was abducted. Now, she’s finally home. pic.twitter.com/Z8cVrnqfFH— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) November 27, 2023
Four-year-old American Abigail Edan reunited with her family after being released by Hamas.
Both of her parents were killed on Oct. 7. pic.twitter.com/8FflSQuEsd
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 27, 2023
Abigail, the 4-year-old hostage who was freed from #Hamas terrorists after 51 days in their brutal captivity, is now reunited with her aunt and grandmother.
Why not her parents? Well, they were both slaughtered before her eyes during the October 7th massacre by the same savages… pic.twitter.com/u10gpjv21X— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) November 27, 2023
Sharon Avigdori, 52, and her daughter Naom, 12, were reunited with husband and father Chen and son and brother Omer.
Very emotional footage released tonight of the reunion early this morning of Sharon Avigdori and her daughter Noam, 12, reuniting with their dad/husband Chen and son/brother Omer after 50 days in Hamas captivity. pic.twitter.com/3KxWoMgQBr
— Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) November 26, 2023
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Let’s pray for the released hostages and their families as they heal from trauma, and for those who are still held captive to be released.
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