STORY: :: Israeli Army

:: Israeli soldiers greet the freed female

hostages after their release from Hamas

:: Unknown location, Gaza

:: January 19, 2025

They were transferred from inside Gaza to the meeting point near the border between Gaza and Israel, before they crossed into Israeli territory.

The Israeli military said Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari had been reunited with their mothers at a meeting point inside Israel, close to the kibbutz and nearby music festival where they had been abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas raid that precipitated the war.

Reuters was unable to verify the location. The identities of hostages were verified by comparing with file imagery. The date was verified through corroborating reports of the hostage exchange.