After 51 days, Avichai Brodutch did not stop hoping and dreaming for this moment when he would again hug his wife, Hagar, and his three children, Ofri, 10, Yuval, 8, and Oriyah, 4.

Since his family's abduction by Hamas he became one of the leading figures in the families' struggle for the release of hostages. Tonight he reunites with his family.