WATCH: Agam Berger breaks down when she sees her brother, "You're so tall, as tall as dad!"
This is what we have all been waiting for. Welcome back home, Agam Berger. We have been praying for your safe return.


**482 Days in Darkness: The Remarkable Journey of Agam 'Gigi' Berger, the Violinist Who Never Lost Her Faith**
When 19-year-old Agam Berger arrived at the Nahal Oz military base for her surveillance officer duty, she brought two things with her: her deep Jewish faith and a passion for violin that had been part of her life since age eight. Just two days later, on October 7, 2023, both would be put to an unimaginable test.
Berger, known affectionately as Gigi, was still in her pajamas when Hamas terrorists breached the base. Her last desperate phone calls reported gunfire before communication went dark. She would become one of seven surveillance officers taken captive that morning, beginning what would become one of the longest hostage ordeals in Israeli history.
Throughout 482 days in Gaza's tunnels, fellow hostages now reveal, the Holon native never abandoned her principles. Despite pressure from her captors, she refused to cook on Shabbat. She prayed over what little food she was given, maintaining her religious practices even in the darkest moments of captivity.



Back home in Holon, a suburb of Tel Aviv, her family never lost hope. Her parents, Shlomi and Merav, alongside twin sister Li-Yam, sister Bar, and younger brother Ilai, kept her story alive through music – organizing violin concerts that echoed her own passion for the instrument she'd played since childhood.
Today, January 30, 2025, as Agam wrote her first words of freedom on a helicopter whiteboard – "I chose the path of faith, and by the path of faith I returned" – she did more than just come home. She demonstrated how faith, whether expressed through music or prayer, can sustain the human spirit through its darkest hours.
Now 20 years old, the former Kiryat Sharet School graduate who dreamed of serving her country through the IDF's "After Me" program has become something else entirely: a symbol of resilience that transcends the conflict itself.
As she reunites with her family at Beilinson Hospital today, Agam Berger's violin awaits her return. And while the physical and emotional scars of 482 days may take time to heal, her unwavering spirit, her faith, her family and the entire nation of Israel, stands right next to her.
Welcome home, hero lady.
You have been sorely missed.