Israeli-Uruguayan Shani Goren was discharged after being released by Hamas

Israeli-Uruguayan Shani Goren was discharged after being released by Hamas

December 3, 2023 – 18:31

The 29-year-old girl, who was kidnapped for 55 days in Gaza at the hands of the terrorist group, had been reunited with her family last Friday morning.

Photo: Jai Hebrew Weekly

The Israeli-Uruguayan citizen Shani Goren She was discharged from the hospital where she had been since she was liberated by the Palestinian paramilitary organization. Hamas last Thursday night with another handful of hostages.

The 29-year-old girl, who was kidnapped for 55 days in the Gaza Strip at the hands of the terrorist group, he had been reunited with his family last Friday morning.

Once out of the hospital, Goren was transferred to a hotel, according to El País, where both her mother, Tamar Horovitzand his sister Shiralike other family members, are next to her, keeping her company.

Shani Goren’s Uruguayan connection

Yes ok Goren never set foot Uruguayobtained nationality through his grandparents, who settled in Israel in 1953 and were members of the youth movement Hanoar Hatizioni.

His sister, Shirahad declared to the press that his grandfather always told them that he “sympathized with Penarol“On Saturday mornings we would get together to drink mate with my grandparents, who died a few years ago, but left the legacy of Uruguay in the family,” she said.

After his family asked the Uruguayan government to grant nationality to Goren Because of his ancestry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) diplomatic efforts began to achieve the release of the young woman.

After Thursday’s release in the framework of an exchange of hostages and prisoners, the MRREE expressed in a statement its “satisfaction” with the release of the compatriot and reported that it “has been part of an agreement reached between the government of Israel and Hamas“.

Likewise, he publicly thanked “the government of State of Qatarto the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt Yet the International Red Cross for the outstanding and very active role they have played as facilitators to achieve the release of Shani during this first week of humanitarian truce”.

Source: Ambito

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