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She was also hugging and holding hands with Holocaust survivors at a memorial event earlier this week.

Photos released by the Israeli military showed her hugging four other young women from the unit who were released in the previous exchange on Saturday.

“She was right there, hugging me and making sure that embers didn’t catch me on fire,” Fine said.

"May this be the start of something better. It will be amazing to see the mothers hugging their children and the children hugging their fathers and we will know who we are grieving for."

This prompts jubilation among almost all of the relatives in the court's public gallery, with people leaping to their feet and hugging each other.