Former hostage Agam Berger spoke at an Israeli Independence Day event at the Israeli Consulate in New York, stating: 'I sacrificed myself in captivity to maintain my character and did not give up my Jewish identity.' She shared, 'In the last week before my release, I was alone and my faith grew even stronger, because that's how the Jewish people are. As they were oppressed, so did they multiply and spread.' In conclusion, she declared: 'I will not rest nor be quiet until our last hostage returns to the holy land, to the state we built together to protect every Jew wherever they may be.'