Netanyahu's office also released a video of his conversation with Arghamani on a mobile phone.
He said he was “very excited” to return home, adding: “I haven't spoken Hebrew in so long.” Netanyahu told him: “We never lost faith in you for a moment.”
Of the 251 people taken hostage by militants during their October 7 offensive on southern Israel, 116 are still in the Palestinian territory, 41 of whom the army says are dead.