Former hostages Abira Segal and Keith Segal welcomed at White House; speakers thank First Lady, discuss recovery and aid work

A White House reception welcomed Abira Segal and Keith Segal, two people identified in the transcript as former hostages, and featured brief remarks of gratitude, personal testimony and a pledge to pursue humanitarian work.

An unidentified host opened the event and invited the guests to speak. The host said "Abira was hostage for 51 days" and later referenced a separate, inconsistent line that the person was "captured by Hamas on a 84 days"; the transcript contains both figures. The host also said the meeting between the guest and the host was filmed and appears in a film called "Melania." The host concluded the opening by saying the gathering was to "honor" the guests and celebrate their return.

Speaker 3, identified only as "Speaker 3" in the transcript, thanked the First Lady, Melania Trump, and President Trump for "bringing me home" and for bringing other hostages back to their families. "I'm eternally grateful," Speaker 3 said, adding that the mobilization to secure releases "moved me deeply." Speaker 3 said that, having regained freedom, she had committed to "partnering with Israel, an Israeli humanitarian aid organization to help restore hope for others," and described a visit to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya where, she said, "Israel is providing access to clean water, hygiene, sanitation, and education to thousands of refugees."

Speaker 2, whose remarks are recorded starting later in the transcript, thanked the host and recounted waiting for the last hostage to come home. Speaker 2 described preparing to write a book dedicated to grandchildren that will recount the kidnapping and captivity: "Bringing the hostages home was the most important thing that I could think about in this world," Speaker 2 said.

The host asked at one point why an official White House event would be used to promote a documentary; the host also said, "This is not a promotion. We are here celebrating the release of the hostages," and framed the gathering as an occasion for thanks and hugs. A separate brief remark in the transcript references Ghislaine Maxwell moving to a high-security facility; the transcript provides no further detail on that point.

No formal actions, votes or policy decisions were recorded in the transcript. The event concluded with closing thanks to the guests and a reiteration of the purpose of honoring their return.