JERUSALEM (dpa-AFX) – After the release of three hostages from Hamas, Israeli President Izchak Herzog spoke of a “day of joy and consolation”. The three women Romi Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28) and Doron Steinbrecher (31) were “so loved and missed”. “An entire nation is happy about your return,” Herzog said, according to his office. Now a “challenging journey of recovery and healing together” begins.
The president said that one feels for the worried families of the other 94 hostages who are still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We will not rest or remain silent until we bring back all our sisters and brothers from the hell of captivity in Gaza,” he declared./le/DP/he