‘There is no happiness like this,’ says aunt of hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman

Liran Berman, whose twin brothers Gali and Ziv are held hostage in Gaza, posts a brief item expressing delight that they are to be released in the very near future.

“My Gali and Zivi, I love you so much. You’re coming back home,” he writes.

Their aunt, Maccabit Meir, tells Channel 12 that “there is no happiness like this.”

Maccabit Meirr, aunt of twin hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, speaks in Hostages Square, September 13, 2025 (Lior Rotshtein / Hostages Families forum)

She says, “So many people are so happy” to hear the news that the hostages are to be released. “I can’t tell you how many messages I’m getting,” she says.

“It’s happening, it’s happening,” she repeats. “We were so afraid, and now I’m crying tears of happiness, not tears of fear,” she says.

Hamas-held hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal speaks in a video released by the terror group on September 5, 2025.

Merav Gilboa-Dalal, mother of hostage Guy, says, “The main thing is that my son should come back healthy and on his own two feet.”

“That’s what I wish for all of us,” she says.

“And the experiences that they will have afterward will be amazing. Because we got him back again, a gift — one of the most amazing children in the world. A dream. A gift.”

Merav Gilboa-Dalal, left, shows a photo of her son Guy, one of the hostages being held by Hamas, as she’s flanked by Guy’s brother Gal, during a press conference in Rome, April 8, 2024. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

“Finally, this saga, of the war, the injured, the dead, this pain of our heroic soldiers who gave their souls for us [is coming to an end], and the hostages, the victory, that they are all coming home,” she continues. “And I hope the slain hostages will all return at the same time, and that we can close this circle.”