Vucic to Jerusalem Post: Serbia welcomes ceasefire deal, particularly Ohel’s return

“We are deeply relieved by the news that our citizen, Alon Ohel, might be among those to be released in the first phase of this arrangement,” Vucic told the Post.

He added that Serbia has, from the very beginning, followed his situation with the utmost concern and has worked “quietly through diplomatic channels to support efforts leading to his safe return.”

The Serbian leader revealed in May that he had personally appealed to Arab leaders to help secure the release of Ohel.

“I met his family several times,” Vucic said at the time at the Presidential Palace in Belgrade, the Israeli daily reported.

“I was so touched by the way they were presenting the case of their son and grandson when they were here. They were so proud and so dignified. They were doing everything in a solemn, serious way; doing everything to help,” Vucic said.

Ohel was attending the Nova music festival near Re’im on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel.

His family revealed in April that they had received information from released hostages that Ohel was now blind in one eye.