The elated Oknin couple addressed the public from their porch in the central Israeli city of Modiin following their release from a Turkish jail overnight Wednesday.

The couple landed in Israel on Thursday morning at about 6 a.m. after flying from Turkey on a private jet leased by the Foreign Ministry.

“First of all, I want to say thank you to the Borei Olam,” Natali Oknin said. “There’s nothing like HaKadosh Baruch Hu.”

�We want to thank all of Am Yisrael who supported our country and family. Thank you to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, and President Yitzchak Herzog,�

�We were imprisoned for eight days and nights. We experienced our own private Chanukah neis and today we returned home to our family and to our children.�

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)