The girls were hostages of Hamas – now the family is reunited
11/25/2023, 5:46:40 PM
Highlights: Yoni Asher and her two daughters have been held hostage by Hamas since October 7. The girls were released on Friday and reunited with their parents. Yoni says she will not rest until all the hostages have been released. She says: "Today we can finally feel happiness and a tear of joy, but it's not over yet. It's still not over." For more information on the release of the hostages, visit: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/world/middle-east/hamas-kidnapped-girls-return-home.html#storylink=cpy.
The phone call Yoni Asher received from his wife, Doron, ended in horror. She said that armed terrorists had entered the house where she and the little girls were – then the conversation was cut off. Now, almost fifty days later, the family is reunited.
"I dreamed that we could go home," says five-year-old Raz Asher when she finally gets to see her father again.
She, her 2-year-old sister Aviv and their mother Doron are three of the Israelis who were released on Friday after having been Hamas hostages since the terrorist attacks on October 7.
After weeks of worry and deepest anguish, Daddy Yoni could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but it was with mixed feelings:
"Today we can finally feel happiness and shed a tear of joy, it's human. But I am not celebrating, nor will I until all the hostages are able to return home.