Minutes before she was bound and bundled into the back of a jeep bound for Gaza, Agam Berger borrowed a phone from her friend, Cpl Shirat Yam Amar.

Agam Berger, an IDF soldier who was taken hostage during Hamas' attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, is reunited with her family after spending 482 days in captivity.

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Israeli hostage Agam Berger reunited with some colleagues from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after her release on Thursday, January 30.Berger was the first among eight hostages set to be freed by Hamas in Gaza on Thursday.

Haitham Hazem Hijazi Ragheb and Muhammad Ahmed Frej Saeid, both of whom participated in the October 7 massacre and the abductions of soldiers from the Nahal Oz base, were eliminated before the ceasefire deal was reached.

Former hostage Amit Soussana, who was the first Israeli woman to speak about being sexual assaulted while in Hamas captivity, says kidnapped IDF soldier Liri Albag saved her life.

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The five released Thais — all foreign workers who taken hostage during the Oct. 7 cross-border assault — were named by the Israel Defense Forces as Thaenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakhan, Sriaoun Watchara, Saethao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak.

The Upper Galilee Regional Council said that no sirens went off as aerial defenses activated to shoot down the drone

Agam Berger was kidnapped during Hamas' brutal surprise attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Credit: IDF Video)

Three Israeli hostages will be freed from Hamas captivity on Thursday, including IDF soldier Agam Berger and civilians Gadi Moses and Arbel Yehud — as well as five Thai nationals, officials said.