Former hostage Eliya Cohen shared a message to his partner Ziv on Instagram: “A picture—here you can see a strong person. A person whose story is simply a miracle. A person who lost everything in a single moment, yet still got up every day and chose to fight—even when everything seemed lost, like science fiction, impossible, and surreal. A patient, powerful, and assertive person with fire in their eyes, who never lost hope—because there’s no such thing as losing hope. Oh… and I’m also in the picture. And I want to thank you—right here on this platform. Because this is the platform you used to bring me home. With your determination and creativity, with courage and the guts of an incredible warrior. So I want everyone to hear who you are and how much I love you—for who you are to me. I never had a shred of doubt that if you were waiting for me outside, this is how you’d fight for me, and this would be the result—because this is who you are. You are proof that you don’t need muscles in your arms or abs to be strong. You are proof that even a typhoon can’t defeat someone with faith. You are proof of how much strength there is in belief. You are simply a testament to female power and the immense strength within you all! Thank you for choosing to wake up and fight this battle—even when you had no idea what kind of challenge you’d be facing. Thank you, my powerful woman. You won.”
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