{"id":189671,"date":"2023-12-10T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189671"},"modified":"2023-12-10T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:25:45","slug":"freed-hamas-hostage-mia-schem-gets-poignant-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/freed-hamas-hostage-mia-schem-gets-poignant-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem gets poignant tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> &#8216;We will dance again&#8217;: Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem gets poignant tattoo commemorating Nova Festival victims after horror ordeal being shot at and operated on by a vet<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>French-Israeli 21-year-old had new body art inked on arm by her friend Liav Forer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It marks the date of the festival massacre with words &#8216;We will dance again&#8217; above<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Freed Hamas\u00a0hostage Mia Schem has got a poignant tattoo inked on her arm commemorating the victims of the Nova Festival massacre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The French-Israeli tattoo artist, 21, was snatched during the October 7 bloodbath in which hundreds of free-spirited festival-goers were brutally murdered during the terrorist group&#8217;s mass invasion of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven days after her release Mia has had a new tattoo inked marking the date of the festival massacre with the poignant words &#8216;We will dance again&#8217; written above in memory of the 364 people who were killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was shot and taken back to Gaza where she was held captive for 54 days in which she spent three hours in surgery being operated on by a vet to fix her wounded hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mia became one of the most high-profile captees after Hamas released a video in the early days of the war in which she was forced to parrot the terrorists&#8217; propaganda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78790209-12847149-image-a-74_1702218141225.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>French-Israeli Mia Schem, 21, has had a new tattoo on her arm in memory of the 364 people killed during the Nova Festival massacre on October 7\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78789597-12847149-image-m-65_1702217440363.jpg\" height=\"961\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The freed Hamas hostage has the date of the massacre inked on her arm with the poignant words &#8216;We will dance again&#8217; written above<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78789603-12847149-image-a-62_1702217418167.jpg\" height=\"761\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia getting the new tattoo by her her friend and mentor Liav Forer. In a tear-jerking message she wrote: &#8216;7.10.23 I will never forget. The pain and the fear, the difficult sights, the friends that will not come back and the ones we must get back&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Heartwarming images showed a tearful Mia being reunited with her parents on November 30 as she was released during Israel&#8217;s seven-day truce with Hamas which was brokered by Qatar, Egypt\u00a0and the US.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Hamas forced Mia Schem to say on camera how &#8216;kind&#8217; they were, how well they cared for her \u2013 despite getting a vet to operate on her \u2013 and even praise their FOOD before they would release her<\/h3>\n<p>Mia posted a photo of herself yesterday onto her Instagram page &#8211; exclusively obtained by MailOnline &#8211; showing off the new body art, with her injured arm still wrapped in bandages and held in a sling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a tear-jerking message she wrote: &#8216;7.10.23 I will never forget. The pain and the fear, the difficult sights, the friends that will not come back and the ones we must get back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But we are yet to win, We will still be dancing!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The post has had more than 165,000 likes and hundreds of supportive messages. In one she is described as &#8216;a symbol of light, hope, and love&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The new tattoo was inked by her mentor and friend 36-year-old Liav Forer who has a studio in the central Israeli city of Modi&#8217;in-Maccabim-Re&#8217;ut.<\/p>\n<p>The artist posted pictures on his Instagram stories of Mia sitting in a chair getting the tattoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0The Times last month before Mia was freed, he spoke of about their close bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mia and I known each other a long time, we met as friends and she would come and get tattoos done by me,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78789599-12847149-image-m-66_1702217457475.jpg\" height=\"941\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia with Liav Forer who previously spoke about their close bond before she was released from captivity<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78441925-12847149-Mia_Schem_pictured_centre_was_one_of_the_two_women_released_by_H-a-69_1702217571536.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia (pictured, centre) was one of the two women released by Hamas after the ceasefire deal was extended minutes before it was due to time out<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78442003-12847149-The_French_Israeli_hostage_had_been_held_captive_for_54_days_sin-a-68_1702217568971.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The French-Israeli hostage had been held captive for 54 days since October 7 when she was dragged away in to Gaza<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78429005-12847149-Mia_flanked_by_gunmen_and_surrounded_by_hundreds_of_screaming_me-a-70_1702217585083.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia, flanked by gunmen and surrounded by hundreds of screaming men, looks petrified as she is put into a Red Cross vehicle<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was her dream to be a tattoo artist, and work in a studio and a year ago she got back from Thailand and started to work with me to manage the new studio.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Schem was one of eight hostages released by Hamas hours before the seven-day ceasefire broke down and hostilities last week.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Israeli Mia Schem is released from hospital alongside her overjoyed family as it is revealed she was operated on by a VET while held by Hamas<\/h3>\n<p>Mia&#8217;s aunt told Israeli media upon her release that her niece underwent less than stellar care in captivity. &#8216;She is thin, she is weak. A vet operated on her arm. She did not receive physiotherapy,&#8217; she declared.<\/p>\n<p>The extent of Mia&#8217;s injuries has not yet been verified, but it is thought she will likely make a good recovery with physiotherapy, having been discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Mia was seized by Hamas gunmen at the Nova music festival along with her friend Elia Toledano, 27. She is still believed to be held captive by Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The world watched in horror as Mia was paraded by the Hamas terrorists in October in a chilling video where she pleaded with Israeli officials to &#8216;get her out of Gaza&#8217;. The video showed her injured arm being treated by an unidentified medical worker.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing the video of her daughter, her mother Keren had begged &#8216;the world to bring&#8217; her daughter home, with the anguished mother saying at the time she feared what the terrorists would do to &#8216;her baby&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But before she was freed, she was made to film a video speaking about her experience as a hostage. In an emotional clip shared by Hamas, she says: &#8216;People very good, very kind to me &#8230; Food good and the kindness and everything good.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78429791-12847149-Mia_had_been_paraded_by_Hamas_terrorists_in_a_chilling_video_in_-a-71_1702217696450.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia had been paraded by Hamas terrorists in a chilling video in which she pleaded with Israeli officials to &#8216;get her out of Gaza&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/76662183-12847149-Mia_looked_full_of_life_and_beaming_with_happiness_as_she_danced-a-72_1702217706785.jpg\" height=\"736\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mia looked full of life and beaming with happiness as she danced with friends in images filmed at the ill-fated Nova Festival<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/76648791-12847149-Video_released_by_her_family_showed_Mia_dancing_and_smiling_with-a-73_1702217709390.jpg\" height=\"828\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Video released by her family showed Mia dancing and smiling with friends at the Nova Festival<\/p>\n<p>Mia was seen smiling as she exited a hospital surrounded by her grateful family after being released from captivity.<\/p>\n<p>Heartwarming images showed Schem leaving the Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan with her mother and brother in tow.<\/p>\n<p>She became one of the most high-profile captees after Hamas released a video in the early days of the war showing her recovering from surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hi, I&#8217;m Mia Schem, 21 years old from Shoham. Currently, I&#8217;m in Gaza. I was seriously injured in my hand. I underwent surgery on my arm at the hospital for 3 hours. They are taking care of me, giving me medicine, everything is fine,&#8217; she was heard saying at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12847149\/freed-hamas-hostage-mia-schem-nova-festival-tattoo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE &#8216;We will dance again&#8217;: Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem gets poignant tattoo commemorating Nova Festival victims after horror ordeal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem gets poignant tattoo - News Need News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/freed-hamas-hostage-mia-schem-gets-poignant-tattoo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem gets poignant tattoo - 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