Pacheco finally home for Christmas
Asked if he would return to Israel, he said he would do so because he has to secure the future of his children ‘because that’s what parents do’

Home at last Freed Hamas hostage, overseas worker Gelienor ‘Jimmy’ Pacheco, is reunited with his family on Monday, 18 December, after spending 49 days in captivity in the conflict-torn Gaza. Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss and other government officials greeted him upon his arrival at NAIA Terminal 1 via Philippine Airlines flight PR659. | PHOTOGRAPH BY KING RODRIGUEZ FOR THE DAILY TRIBUNE






