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After greater than 50 days, Liat Beinin was free of Hamas captivity Wednesday.
Beinin, 49, was considered one of 9 People and one authorized everlasting resident who’re believed to be among the many roughly 240 hostages taken in the course of the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas, in line with U.S. officers. Up to now, solely she and 4-year-old Abigail Edan have been launched.
President Biden commented on Beinin’s launch, writing: “Jill and I are deeply gratified that she is going to quickly be reunited along with her three kids and her father, who’ve been wracked with fear for her security.”
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Beinin’s American-born mother and father immigrated to Israel about 50 years in the past. Her father, Yehuda Beinin, stated the U.S. authorities “has been very useful from the very first day.” Yehuda has traveled to Washington repeatedly and met with Vice President Harris, nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan and particular presidential envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens.
Beinin is a highschool historical past and civics trainer and the mom of three kids. As soon as every week, she provides excursions at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial. Beinin was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the course of the Oct. 7 assault. Her husband, Aviv Atzili, oversaw the heavy agricultural equipment used to domesticate the kibbutz’s 1000’s of acres of peanuts, carrots and potatoes. Atzili, 49, stays a hostage of Hamas, in line with the White Home.
“We stay decided to safe the discharge of each individual taken hostage by Hamas throughout its brutal terrorist assault on Israel on October 7, together with Liat’s husband Aviv,” Biden stated in an announcement.
The couple’s oldest baby, 22, was at a good friend’s home the day of the assault and managed to stay hidden. Their center baby, 20, survived by holding the door of a protected room closed, stopping the attackers from coming into. Their youngest baby, 18, was not on the kibbutz in the course of the assault. The kibbutz is about 1½ miles from the Gaza Strip.
Current days have been agonizing. The household has waited by the cellphone for information, hoping to listen to that Beinin can be among the many ladies and youngsters on the checklist of these scheduled for launch, solely to have these hopes crushed.
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On Tuesday night time, they obtained the excellent news. And by late Wednesday in Israel, Beinin’s mother and father and sister Tal Beinin — who lives in Portland, Ore. — have been at Sheba Medical Middle in Tel Aviv, anxiously awaiting her arrival. The Israeli authorities stated Beinin is now again in Israel.
Her household is overjoyed at her launch, however Yehuda Beinin stated his happiness is tempered by the data that Atzili stays captive.
“I’m not letting up in any method,” Yehuda Beinin stated Wednesday. “We’ve plenty of work forward of us nonetheless, sadly.”