Israeli-Palestinian Prisoners Exchange: Arbel Yehoud could hardly contain her emotions as she saw Ariel Cunio again. After more than two years of terror, separation and relentless worry, the couple finally embraced on Monday. Both had been held hostage during the Hamas-led attacks on Kibbutz Nir-Oz on October 7, 2023, and their reunion was the culmination of years filled with hope and anxiety.

“My Ariel is home again, and I am overwhelmed with emotion and joy. For over two years, the hope of holding Ariel again is what sustained and drove me every single day,” Yehoud said in a statement released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters.

Cunio, 28, was one of four remaining hostages from Nir-Oz to be freed. He had been taken along with his brother David and his girlfriend,

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