Hundreds welcome Avinatan Or as he returns home to Samaria

(JNS) — Freed hostage Avinatan Or was discharged Tuesday from Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital and returned to his parent’s home in Shiloh, Samaria, eight days after he was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza.

The Petach Tikvah hospital said that Or, who was freed on Oct. 13 as part of the U.S.-brokered deal with Hamas, had passed all medical examinations and would continue his rehabilitation through its unit for ex-captives.

“Beilinson will continue to accompany Avinatan and his family, who will receive all the support they need,” it added in the statement on Tuesday.

Or made sever...