Despite the pouring rain, hundreds of Shoham residents went out to the main street with Israeli flags to receive Maya there, who is returning home. Mia was moved by the gesture.
Maya, 21, was kidnapped to Gaza from a party in Re'im on Black Saturday. During the massacre, before she was kidnapped, she told her family in a phone call that she had been injured in the leg and had lost contact.
Maya Shem returns home, photo: Yaron Doron
A few days after her abduction, the Hamas terrorist organization released a video showing her with a wound to her hand. In the edited video, she says that she underwent surgery and received medical treatment and asked to be brought home as soon as possible.
Expressing support and solidarity
Moran arrived with 8-year-old daughter Gaia. "We're glad she's back. It's a historic day. I don't know her personally, but I'm excited that she's coming back."
Ron Kalfon: "I came to express support, to show presence. Pride in Mia that she survived it and show that the whole community is with her. Express support for the family."
Lihi Pachetzert: "I've come to rejoice that Shemiah is coming back. A good friend of mine is her cousin. I came to express support for her and identify with her."
Tamar Stupnitsky: "It was important to support her throughout the period. We supported the family all the time, we came for the challah secretion that existed and now we support it when it returns."
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