An Israeli husband and father was captured on video hugging his wife and two young daughters after Hamas freed them on the first day of the ceasefire.
Yoni Asher, 37, hugged his wife, Doron Katz Asher, 34, and daughters Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2, at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva on Friday, according to a video shared by the hospital showed.
Doron, Raz and Aviv were kidnapped by Hamas from Doron’s mother’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, the Times of Israel reported.
Doron’s mother, Efrat Katz, was killed by the terrorists in the surprise attack, the outlet added.
At one point during the family of four’s touching reunion, Raz could be heard telling his father that he had dreamed of returning home.
Yoni Asher was reunited with his wife, Doron, and daughters Raz and Aviv on Friday.via REUTERS
“Your dream came true. We’re going home soon. We are just here to get you checked by the doctors and then we go home,” Yoni said.
“My family Doron Raz and Aviv returned home with me,” Yoni later said in a statement, according to the Times of Israel. “I am determined to help my family recover from the terrible trauma and loss we suffered, for the future of the girls and Doron.”
“I’m happy to have my family back,” he continued. “But I will not celebrate it, I will not celebrate it until the last of the hostages returns,” referring to the hundreds of captives who remain in Hamas custody.
Doron, Raz and Aviv spent 49 days in captivity.via REUTERS
“I want to emphasize that our children, our fathers, our mothers, our sisters are in captivity right now, there are people whose hearts are broken right now and I want to make sure that every last hostage comes home. “
Doron, Raz and Aviv were among 24 hostages, mostly Israelis and Thais, released on Friday in the first phase of the tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
The group, which included several women and children, was photographed meeting their families while receiving medical evaluations.
Yoni Asher’s wife and children were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. FDI via IsraelGPO
A second group of about 13 more hostages was expected to be freed on Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners.
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