Former Hamas hostage will return to IDF service, father says

(JNS) - Redeemed Hamas hostage Liri Albag will return to her Israel Defense Forces service this week, in a "significant" capacity, her father said on Monday.

Albag was abducted by Hamas from the military's Nahal Oz outpost during the terrorist group's Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack, and was kept in captivity in Gaza for 477 days. She was released as part of a ceasefire deal in January.

"She's not scared of anything," her father, Eli Albag, told Israel's Reshet Bet radio station, according to Israeli public broadcaster Kan News, which operates the station. "For m,e she is a hero, and I stand...