Faces of freedom: From the Irish girl who celebrated her ninth birthday in Hamas terror tunnels (but was feared dead by her family) to the siblings taken hostage as their mother was murdered - meet the 13 people whose 50-day captivity hell is finally over

Nine-year-old Irish girl Emily Hand and 12 other Hamas captives have finally been  released after they spent 50 days imprisoned in real-life hell.

Noam, 17, and Alma Or, 13, the siblings who were cruelly taken hostage after the group of terrorists killed their mother, Yonat, were also returned.

Sadly, their father, who was also captured on October 7 by Hamas, has not been freed along with them.

Hostage names revealed through the Hostage and Missing Persons Families Forum, indicate that the terrorist group will release people from just one kibbutz, Be'eri.

Sharon Avigdori, 52, a drama therapist who works with people on the autism spectrum, and her daughter Noam Avigdori, 12, who was about to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Both were captured from Kibbutz Be'eri.

Hila Rotem, 13, who managed to escape from her home in Be'eri but was later found in the bushes and taken to Gaza, has also been freed - but her mother is still in captivity.

The other hostages released on Saturday night include Maya Regev, 21, Noga Weiss, 53, Shiri Weiss, 18, Shoshan Haran, 67, Adi Shoham, 38, Yahel Shoham, three, Naveh Shoham, eight. 

The release of hostages came as part of a temporary cease-fire deal put in place by Qatar and the United States between Hamas and Israel.  

One captive released, Emily, was kidnapped during Hamas' invasion of Israel on October 7, in which some 240 captives were taken back into Gaza.

She was among at least 30 children believed to be still held in the besieged enclave.

Her father previously spoke of his fear that his daughter would not be released as part of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

'Until I see Emily's blue eyes looking into my own, I won't allow myself to believe anything,' the father from Dublin, 63, wrote in The Independent on Wednesday. 

'News that 50 Hamas hostages might soon be released as part of a four-day truce has given me a glimmer of hope,' he wrote, 'but also a new sickness in the depths of my stomach. What if Emily is not among those that her assailants choose to send home?'

Noam and Alma are two siblings from the Or family who have been given their freedom back.

Their home was destroyed by the Hamas group as a group of fighters took the sibling, their father, Dror and their nephew, Liam, 18, hostage.

The pair's older brother, Yahli and their dog, Nella, thankfully survived, but the ruthless terrorists killed their mother on the day they savagely descended on their kibbutz.

Yahli is now volunteering for a year of national service in the north after he escaped what could have been a fatal fate as he wasn't home on October 7.

Dror was a chef and cheesemaker in the Be'eri Dairy, and his wife, Yonat, successfully created her own furniture line.

Maya Regev, 21, who was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival, is also among the 13 to be released.

It is believed the free spirit arrived at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba in stable condition this evening.

She was the only hostage to be taken to the medical centre to undergo immediate medical attention.

The music-lover was kidnapped during the festival along with her brother Itai, who still remains in captivity.

The Health Ministry says that her family is waiting for her and that they call on the public to respect her privacy at this time as she receives treatment and reunites with family and friend, according to The Times Of Israel. 

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