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2 kids related to Massachusetts man freed in latest Hamas hostage release

2 kids related to Massachusetts man freed in latest Hamas hostage release
TONIGHT THEIR RELATIVES ARE SAFE. SEAN YEAH, TONIGHT, THOSE SIBLINGS ARE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR MOTHER IN ISRAEL. THEY ARE AMONG 11 HOSTAGES FREED TODAY, ALL ABDUCTED FROM THE SAME KIBBUTZ AS A MOTHER’S JOY. THE MOMENT SHE LEARNED HER CHILDREN HAD BEEN FREED FROM HAMAS CAPTIVITY. SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MALL AND JUST BROKE DOWN AND STARTED REJOICING. JASON GREENBERG WATCHING THAT VIDEO AS HE LEARNED HIS TWO YOUNGEST COUSINS WERE SAFE HEAD TO TOE CHILLS. I DIDN’T BELIEVE IT UNTIL I SAW IT TO SEE A 16 YEAR OLD AND A 12 YEAR OLD REUNITED WITH HER MOTHER AND SISTER IS JUST BEYOND WORDS. 16 YEAR OLD SAHAR AND 12 YEAR OLD EREZ WERE ABDUCTED WITH THEIR FAMILY WHEN HAMAS ATTACKED ON OCTOBER 7TH. THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND COUSIN WERE KILLED. THE SIBLINGS FINALLY RELEASED ON THE FOURTH DAY OF A CEASE FIRE. THEY LOOKED HARROWED. THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY’VE BEEN IN DURING ENDURING FOR 52 DAYS. I CAN’T IMAGINE LYNN HOW THEY ARE ON THE INSIDE. BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY ARE. THEY DO LOOK LIKE RESILIENT CHILDREN. THE SIBLINGS WERE KEPT HOSTAGE APART FROM EACH OTHER AND APART FROM THEIR FATHER, OFER, WHO REMAINS HELD IN GAZA. WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING UNTIL HE’S BACK TO. HE IS THEIR FATHER. THEY’RE BACK WITH THEIR MOTHER NOW. BUT THEY NEED THEIR FATHER TOO. AND NOW TALK OF EXTENDING THE CEASE FIRE ANOTHER TWO DAYS, BRINGING HOPE TO MORE FAMILIES. WE FEEL THAT HE’S ALIVE. WE HAVE THAT FAITH THAT HE’S ALIVE AND WE STILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIM. AND WE DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO BRING HIM BACK HOME AND ALL HOSTAGES BACK HOME, THESE ISRAELI FAMILIES MET WITH A MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PUSHING FOR MORE TO BE DONE TO FREE THE REMAINING HOSTAGES. CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN LYNCH SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND. THE PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE, IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THE HOSTAGES COME OUT AND THAT ISRAEL IS PROTECTED AND THAT HAMAS IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. NOW, THOSE ISRAELI FAMILIES FROM THE GROUP BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME WILL BE IN BOSTON THROUGH THE WEEK TALKING TO OTHER LAWMAKERS AND JEWISH GROUPS.
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2 kids related to Massachusetts man freed in latest Hamas hostage release
The Needham resident says his young cousins, ages 12 and 16, had been separated while they were held captive for 52 days.

The Needham resident says his young cousins, ages 12 and 16, had been separated while they were held captive for 52 days.

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