Released hostage Mia Schem, 22, is marking a year since her release from captivity with a new life chapter: an engagement to a childhood friend.
Schem and her partner Yinon Hasson, 24, a long-time figure in her life, enjoyed an outing to Caesarea where Hasson got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage.
Schem accepted and shared news of her engagement.
Last August, she posed in an Israeli designer's wedding dress campaign, openly displaying her scars from being shot on October 7 at the Re'im site where she was abducted.
Schem set free
Schem was released in the first round of hostage releases in November. She addressed the press outside of the UNSC with Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon. Both heavily criticized the UN's response regarding the hostages.
"I stand here to echo the cries of the 101 hostages who have been in hell for over a year. Look at me! I am proof that they can still be saved!" she said. "In this moment, 60 meters underground with no air, no light, no hope, my friends are still being held by monsters.
"My heart is still with them, captive in Gaza. I stand here and demand that you bring all of them home now!"