(30 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Petah Tikva, Israel – 30 January 2025
1. Wide of press area at Beilinson Hospital
2. Mid of camera
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eytan Wirtheim, CEO of Beilinson Hospital:
"After an initial medical evaluation I’m pleased to report that Agam Berger who returned to us after long and challenging days in Hamas captivity in Gaza is in good condition.”
4. Mid of camera
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eytan Wirtheim, CEO of Beilinson Hospital:
“We have started a comprehensive medical evaluation and I can provide an update on the condition of (four soldiers freed by Hamas on Saturday) Liri (Albag), Daniella (Gilboa), Naama (Levy) and Karina (Ariev), who are improving daily and progressing as expected."
6. Israeli flags at hospital
STORYLINE:
The head of a hospital in central Israel that was treating freed hostage Agam Berger said on Thursday she had returned to Israel in "good condition".
Berger, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier, was one of eight hostages in the Gaza Strip freed by Hamas-led militants Thursday as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israel is set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners later Thursday in exchange.
Berger was among five young, female soldiers abducted when militants overran the Nahal Oz military base during the October 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war, killing over 60 soldiers there.
The other four were released Saturday.
Eytan Wirtheim, the CEO of Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, gave an update on their conditions saying the four were "improving daily".
The releases are part of a ceasefire aimed at ending the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, and securing the release of dozens more hostages abducted in the Hamas-led attack.
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