Former hostage Romi Gonen stressed the absolute urgency to bring home the remaining 59 hostages still held captive in the Gaza Strip on her Instagram story Saturday.
"This is the first Shabbat since I've come back where our brothers and sisters aren't coming home," referring to the weekly Saturday releases of hostages as part of the hostage deal's first phase. "I was there, I know - they have no time! This has to stop. We must bring them all back home!
"It's sad that even after they were kidnapped, and the whole world has seen their situation, we still have to fight for the obvious. Keep on fighting, keep on praying," she continued.
Gonen was released from captivity mid-January during the deal's first phase along with Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher.
She was kidnapped at 23 years old from the Nova festival on October 7 after being shot in the hand by Hamas terrorists.
Romi's final day in the hospital
On Tuesday, her final day in the hospital, Gonen posted on Instagram a photo of her smiling on a hospital bed with the caption: "The day has finally arrived."
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"For a year and four months, all I wanted was for my hand to be taken care of and for me to return to the freedom I missed so much," she wrote. "Afraid of the pain, of the rehabilitation, of the results, only this time, I'm in the best hands possible, surrounded by all the people I love and believing that all the best is yet ahead."