Released Hostage Enlists in the IDF

Stand for Israel | May 8, 2024

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Noga Weiss from Kibbutz Be’eri and former hostage, enlists in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as a social welfare soldier to help defend her country and homeland, reports Ynet News:

Noga Weiss, 18, who was abducted on October 7 from Kibbutz Be’eri and released after 50 days as a hostage in Gaza with her mother, Shiri, enlisted on Monday as a social welfare soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. Noga’s enlistment day came more than five months after she was released and about four months after the announcement that her father, Ilan Weiss, 56, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was murdered and his body held in Gaza.