{"id":16473,"date":"2025-03-05T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=16473"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:24:33","slug":"freed-hostages-arrive-in-washington-on-a-mission-of-desperate-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/freed-hostages-arrive-in-washington-on-a-mission-of-desperate-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Hostages Arrive in Washington on a Mission of Desperate Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doron Steinbacher, Eli Sharabi, Naama Levy, Yair Horn, Omer Shem Tov, and Keith and Aviva Siegel, who were released from Gaza in the latest hostage deal, have arrived in Washington. During their visit, the seven will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and other senior officials in the American administration.<\/p>\n<p>During these meetings, the freed hostages will share firsthand accounts of the horrors they endured in Hamas\u2019 tunnels and emphasize the urgent need to secure the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit to the Hostage Headquarters<\/strong><br \/>\nYesterday, the six visited the Hostage Families Headquarters in Washington, where they learned about the ongoing efforts in the U.S. capital since October 7 to bring all the hostages home\u2014both the living for rehabilitation and the fallen for proper burial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Joy of Being Here&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nThe freed hostages wrote emotional personal messages on their posters, which were displayed at the headquarters. Omer Shem Tov, who was released from the hospital just last week, wrote: \u201cHow good it is just to be. Thank you for your prayers and hard work.\u201d On the poster of Ori Danino, who saved his life before being himself murdered in captivity, he added: \u201cMy guardian angel. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keith Siegel wrote: \u201cI am grateful. You gave me the strength to survive.\u201d Doron Steinbacher wrote on her picture: &#8220;Back home,&#8221; while Naama Levy added: \u201cThe joy of being here. Thank you all for your efforts!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Omer sign Ori Danino&#8217;s picture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05e2\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05d1\u05d5\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d2\u05d8\u05d5\u05df: \u201c\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05da \u05d4\u05e9\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9. \u05ea\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u05dc\u05da!\u201d | \u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkbZUk_hVos?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six freed hostages who were released from Gaza as part of the latest hostage deal arrived yesterday (Tuesday) in Washington, D.C. to share their experiences and urge decisionmakers to free those who remain in captivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":16474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241,2276,8,85],"tags":[2264,3158,3156,2337,1705,3157],"class_list":["post-16473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-advocacy","category-people","category-politics","category-positive-moment","tag-donald-trump","tag-envoy","tag-hjamas","tag-hostage-deal","tag-israeli-hostages","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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