In the early hours of the morning and after a physical and psychological medical examination, the 29-year-old young woman, granddaughter of Uruguayans, was able to reunite with her mother and sister.
The young Israeli-Uruguayan Shani Goren Horovitzreunited with his family in Israel after being released yesterday within the framework of the truce and exchange of hostages that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu agreed with Hamas.
At around 11:44 p.m. yesterday, Israel time, the news that Shani Goren Horovitz had been released was confirmed and her family’s 54-day wait came to an end. The 29-year-old, born in Israel but granddaughter of Uruguayans —a reason that led to him being given his nationality so that the government could intercede in the negotiations for his release—, he was able to reunite with his family in the early morning hours.
Goren was first received by the International Red Cross and then crossed into Israeli territory, where he underwent a quick medical check-up, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar to El País. In the images that were released, she can be seen wearing a green sweatshirt and a smile despite having been kidnapped by the group considered terrorist Hamas on October 7. “She looks a little pale and thin,” the young woman’s uncle pointed out to the same media. Shimon Horovitz but he said he is “happy it’s over”.
The reunion photo
In the early hours of Friday, Shani Goren was able to reunite in the long-awaited hug with her mother Tamar and his sister Shira. The photo was shared by the young woman’s relatives to Subrayado, after the young woman was released on the seventh day of the truce between Israel and Hamas, along with four other women and two minors.
In Ofakim, In the south of Israel, several people gathered to receive her after 54 days of captivity. “I love her, she is like my sister (…) There is no one as gentle as her. Even in captivity she gave her food to others, this is what we learned from the testimony of other hostages,” he commented. Efik Cohen, a close friend, according to AFP.
The Foreign Ministry’s gratitude to Egypt and Qatar
After Goren’s release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it thanked the Qatari and Egyptian governments, as well as the International Red Cross, “for the prominent and very active role “who have served as facilitators to achieve Shani’s release during this first week of humanitarian truce.”
In the text officially shared by the Foreign Ministry now in charge of Omar Paganini, The government also expresses satisfaction with the release of the young Israeli-Uruguayan woman.
Source: Ambito
