Eitan Avraham Mo r, a 25-year-old Israeli security guard, was kidnapped by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023, after repeatedly going back to rescue concertgoers during an attack by the Palestinian militant group. Mor was among 20 surviving hostages who were freed Monday morning.

Mor was reunited with his parents at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base at around 8 a.m. Israel Daylight Time, after more than two years in Hamas captivity.

Alan Kellerman, a Houston-based first cousin of Mor's grandparents, was in Israel for the release.

"He looks happy," Kellerman told Houston Public Media , "although a closer look, of course, he looked really glazed over and a bit disoriented, of course, all of which is really understandable given his two years in hell."

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