{"id":122280,"date":"2025-07-01T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=122280"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:51:31","slug":"01-00-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=122280","title":{"rendered":"Former Hamas hostage will return to IDF service, father says"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Former Hamas hostage will return to IDF service, father says<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me, she is a hero, and I stand behind any decision she takes,\u201d said Eli Albag, whose daughter Liri was freed in January.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Former hostage Liri Albag speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Redeemed Hamas hostage Liri Albag will return to her Israel Defense Forces service this week, in a \u201csignificant\u201d capacity, her father said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Albag was abducted by Hamas from the military\u2019s Nahal Oz outpost during the terrorist group\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack, and was kept in captivity in Gaza for 477 days. She was\u00a0released<\/a>\u00a0as part of a ceasefire deal in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not scared of anything,\u201d her father, Eli Albag, told Israel\u2019s\u00a0Reshet Bet<\/em>\u00a0radio station, according to Israeli public broadcaster\u00a0Kan News<\/em>, which operates the station. \u201cFor m,e she is a hero, and I stand behind any decision she takes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He went on to say that since regaining her freedom, she had focused on travel and rehabilitation. However, he continued, she \u201cwants a significant role\u201d and \u201cshe knows exactly what she wants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Feelings in the family are still torn, as 50 hostages\u2014alive and dead\u2014remain in captivity, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

He urged the government to strike another deal with Hamas to free the remaining hostages. \u201cIf the war with Lebanon and Iran could be ended in one day, we can do this with Hamas as well,\u201d he said, according to\u00a0Kan<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, Liri Albag spoke at the weekly Tel Aviv rally for the remaining hostages.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis week marks five months at home, five months of freedom, five months of being alive,\u201d she was quoted as saying by the\u00a0Israel Hayom<\/em>\u00a0daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut these are also five more months that my brothers and sisters are still there, in hell, counting every second and waiting for redemption,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Albag shared some of her experiences in captivity, recalling how she and her fellow female IDF colleagues would walk for hours in the streets of Gaza covered in hijabs and jalabiyas in the simmering heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe pass through holes in the walls\u2014from house to house\u2014until we reach a strange structure, something between an empty mosque and an abandoned library,\u201d she recounted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn a small room: two green chairs, a single bed with dirty sheets, a floor mat, and bottles of water. On one of the chairs lies a giant butcher knife. My heart drops. The terrorist picks up the knife and says: \u2018You\u2019ve seen Gaza from above\u2014now you\u2019re going down to underground Gaza.\u2019 The rug is lifted, a hole in the ground, a broken ladder [to go down a tunnel shaft],\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Albag, 19, was released by Hamas on January 25 alongside fellow IDF soldiers Karina Ariev, 20, Daniella Gilboa, 20, and Naama Levy, 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following her release, Albag\u2019s family\u00a0emphasi<\/a>zed that while she and the other female IDF hostages experienced \u201cinsane things that are hard to tell everything about\u201d during their 15 months in Hamas captivity, they are afraid to speak because dozens of hostages have yet to be freed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDad, there are\u00a02 million<\/a>\u00a0terrorists there, make no mistake. I sat with children aged eight and four who were cursing \u2018the Jews,\u2019\u201d Albag told her father after her release, Israel\u2019s\u00a0103FM Radio<\/em>\u00a0reported in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

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