So moving: Eight abductees returned home on Thursday after 55 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, and were finally reunited with their families and close friends.
Amit Sosna, reunited with her mother Mira and sister Shira at Wolfson Hospital. For 20 days, her family was in a state of uncertainty until they were informed that Amit, 40, had been kidnapped.
Back to the hospital
There was great excitement last night at Saban Children's Hospital in Soroka with the release of Nili Margalit, who was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz to captivity in Gaza
Employees of Saban Children's Hospital in Soroka watch Nili Margalit return from Hamas captivity // Photo: Soroka Spokesperson's Office
Nili Margalit, who works as a nurse in the pediatric medical center at Soroka Hospital, also returned from captivity in Gaza yesterday. Although they were all transferred to hospitals after liberation, for Nili it was just like coming home.
Nili Margalit's co-workers are excited to meet her again, Photo: Soroka Spokesperson's Office
Her colleagues say she is a respected, professional and discerning nurse, compassionate and with a special approach to childcare. She is a role model. In addition to her work at Soroka, she also trains the future generation of nursing.
"At first it was unclear what happened to her and she was considered missing, until the testimony of Yocheved Lifshitz, one of the women released from Hamas captivity and a member of Kibbutz Nir Oz, who said that Nili was kidnapped and is alive, and as is routine in captivity, she treats the wounded and cares for them," her friends said of the moments when they first discovered her fate.
Brothers at home
Brothers Bilal al-Ziadne, 18, and Aisha al-Zianda, 17, also returned to their families yesterday from captivity in Gaza after 55 days.
At Soroka Hospital, where the Al-Ziadne brothers were admitted, a medical team speaking Arabic was designated for them. They underwent medical examinations and their physical condition was defined as good.
Meanwhile, Prof. Itai Pessach, director of Safra Hospital in Sheba, gave an update this morning on the situation of the abductees who were released: "The young women who came to us in stable condition did not require urgent treatment. The situation of the returnees who returned to us in recent days is beginning to improve, and some of them have been released. We saw firsthand the impact of the hardships that people went through in captivity on body and mind."
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