{"id":16376,"date":"2025-03-04T18:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=16376"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:38:53","slug":"omer-wenkert-and-elia-cohen-celebrate-their-return-home-after-hamas-captivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/omer-wenkert-and-elia-cohen-celebrate-their-return-home-after-hamas-captivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Omer Wenkert and Elia Cohen Celebrate Their Return Home After Hamas Captivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostage survivors Omer Wenkert and Elia Cohen were discharged today (Tuesday) from Beilinson Hospital after completing the required tests. Upon their release, they will begin their daily rehabilitation process at Beilinson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJHu620Xpm8?si=QBekazGY2AiOqCOf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Elia Cohen Released from Hospital | Photo: Beilinson Spokesperson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Omer\u2019s Special Request<\/strong><br \/>\nHundreds of residents from Gedera gathered in the streets near Omer&#8217;s home with Israeli flags to welcome him. &#8220;We missed you,\u201d they called to him as he crossed the threshold of his home for the first time since being kidnapped by Hamas. Omer asked his family and other citizens to hold signs of support for Gai Gilboa Dalal, and Eviatar David, who were with him during their captivity over the past year, as well as for all the other hostages upon his return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m Happy I Never Stopped Believing<\/strong><br \/>\nIn an emotional video from Omer&#8217;s home, the hostage survivor is seen drinking a glass of wine with his relatives and saying, &#8220;It feels great to be home; I dreamed of this moment for 516 days. Here it is, I\u2019m happy I never stopped believing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beilinson Hospital stated that the hospital will be available to them and their families, and they will continue to receive all necessary support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omer Wenkert and Elia Cohen, who were admitted to Beilinson Hospital last Saturday after returning from Hamas captivity, were discharged today from the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":16377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,85],"tags":[3137,3136,1482,2239,3135],"class_list":["post-16376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-positive-moment","tag-beilinson-hospital","tag-elia-cohen","tag-hostages","tag-iron-swords","tag-omer-wenkert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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