Freed hostage Alon Ohel triumphantly took the Tamar Festival stage near the Dead Sea alongside singer Marina Maximilian Blumin, just a year after the deal securing his release from Hamas captivity was announced there.
This brought tears to my eyes.
738 days in Hamas captivity and now Alon Ohel is back, singing and playing the piano so amazingly.
Israeli singer-songwriter Marina Maximilian Blumin brings Alon on stage , the Israeli pianist who was kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music… pic.twitter.com/PG9yxpPg4W
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