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2025-02-22 18:45:04 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E5363D113464DAC426F4F8BA4F943F5D6A21D351D887B1D8A8BA7B12C9331266
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Released hostage Omer Shem Tov, kidnapped from the Nova festival, says he was told by the Hamas cameraman to kiss the forehead of his captors. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/omer-shem-tovs-grandmother-on-the-handover-ceremony-thats-omer-he-gets-on-with-everyone/ Longer version of the video shows cameraman talking to Omer right before the kiss https://x.com/mossadil/status/1893272324637405434?s=46&t=xlFdrTmvURk9xY1AcGa9hg This was widely covered by the media https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/middleeast/hamas-israel-hostage-release-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.npr.org/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5301691/hamas-releases-israeli-hostages-returns-remains-shiri-bibas https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/22/hamas-releases-two-more-israeli-captives-in-gaza-as-part-of-ceasefire
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