Omri Miran, 48, was one of the 20 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Monday. Miran's brother-in-law Moshe Lavi spoke about his long-awaited return after he was taken on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Omri Miran, a 48-year-old Israeli, was among 20 hostages released by Hamas after being held captive since October 2023. Upon his return, Miran was reunited with his wife, two young daughters, and extended family, who described the moment as one of immense happiness and relief. 

Family members recounted the emotional reunion, noting that Miran is now focused on healing from both physical and psychological trauma. They also highlighted that 24 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza, and pledged ongoing support and advocacy for their release.

Family of Israeli hostage released by Hamas describes reunion

One of those 20 Israeli hostages released yesterday was 48-year-old Omri Miran. This hug with his father has already touched so many. And he is now home, home with his wife and his two young daughters, people who were there with him on October 7, 2023, when he was taken away. And while he was gone, every night, they told me, ended with the same prayer, a prayer that has now been answered. Earlier this morning, I spoke with Miran's brother-in-law, Moshe Levy, about what it feels like to be together again. I just want to know, having seen the pictures of Omri, how is he doing today? Thank you so much for having me. The sides of reunion yesterday were most definitely the happiest moments I've experienced in my life, seeing him, meeting my sister, playing with my nieces, embracing his father. It was a special moment for us. And meeting him myself, sharing with him the journey we had as a family, it's definitely the most special moment we'll cherish for the rest of our lives. And now we're focusing on his healing, focusing on our family being complete again. And the road is still long, but I'm so happy that we've reached this moment after two long years. We all are, Moshe. We all are. In the picture that we were just showing of Omri embracing your sister, and you can see the joy on his face, what was her reaction on first seeing him? Lishai just screamed when she saw him. She showed him a video of the girls before he met them in Inchilova Hospital. And then that reunion happened. And she was so excited that they recognized him, he recognized them. And that they immediately had that father-to-daughters bond that was missing in the past two years. Oh, that's so beautiful to hear, Moshe. I'm so happy to hear it. I know that Alma was so young, just six months, when he was taken, Rony, a delicate age now, four and two. And to hear that they saw him, they recognized who he was, and that they are now playing again. I've seen those videos. I'm wondering, what's next? You mentioned healing. Where do you go from here as a family? We're right now focusing on how to support Omri best. He's going to be in the hospital to go through tests and treatments if necessary. As you can expect, he went through both physical and mental trauma while being held captive. He's still processing everything. He doesn't really know what has happened in the past two years except glimpses he saw on TV when the terrorists allowed him to watch Al Jazeera in Arabic. He doesn't necessarily know the scale of the October the 7th attack and what happened to the Nahalot community and to the wider region in southern Israel. We don't know what the future will bring to us, but we just hope it will only be good things from now on. Yeah, we all hope that. We were rooting for his return. It's so great to see him. Earlier, you said that if you could describe it in one word, you would just say happiness, and that's a great note to end on. We're wishing you and your family, Moshe, all the best. Thank you so much for sharing a little bit of your time with us this morning. Of course. Thank you. And if I may just add, there are still 24 hostages in Qamas captivity, deceased hostages. We as families are not going to neglect them. We're going to keep supporting them and rally for them until Qamas fulfills the agreement and bring all those remaining 24 hostages home. Moshe Levy there talking about the remains of the now 24 hostages still believed to be inside Gaza. That is a big concern here in Israel.

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