Two days after a last-minute intervention saved her from being deported from Israel, four-year-old Ofek met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara, who had joined efforts to keep the little girl in the country. Oz unit forces arrested Ofek along with her mother Nancy Castillo, a foreign worker from the Philippines, on Tuesday. Just as the two were boarding a plane, Immigration Authority officials received a court order forcing them to stop the deportation. While the girl's father, Christopher, was filing a request with the "Israeli Children" organization, Netanyahu sent a letter to Interior Minister Eli Yishai asking him to release Ofek and Nancy. On Wednesday, Ofek spent the day with Sara Netanyahu in the prime minister's official residence. The two colored together and Ofek gave the prime minister's wife a heart drawing, and told her she was looking forward to starting preschool. Ofek also told the members of the "Israeli Children" organization, who attended the meeting, that she was very glad to meet the prime minister's wife. "I am glad she's with us," Sara Netanyahu said, "but I'm not done. It will end when [Ofek's] mother stays with her, when she stays at home and goes to school." She added, "I think Israel should allow children who are Israeli in every way to stay here. [Ofek] was born here, this is her country, she is fluent in Hebrew. It's true that on paper, she has a different country of origin, but there are some children who belong in the countries where they are born and educated, and have gone through the education system here. I think it hurts and it is hard, also from an emotional viewpoint, and as I wrote to Eli Yishai: When you rip children away from where they belong, it can lead to trauma." At the end of the meeting, Ofek hugged Sara Netanyahu, who expressed hope that the little girl would reunite with her mother soon, and could stay with her family in Israel. Noa Galili from the "Israeli Children" organization commented that "the meeting was positive and exciting. We believe the letter sent to the interior minister by the prime minister's wife will contribute to the fight to have Ofek and her family stay in Israel. The government's decision should be implemented toward all of the children who are being educated in the Israeli education system." Nancy, Ofek's mother, arrived in Israel with a work visa and became illegal after giving birth, as per Interior Ministry regulations. Ofek, who is being educated in a Tel Aviv municipal preschool, was temporarily released from detention, while her mother is being kept at an airport facility pending a hearing on her case, scheduled to be held Thursday at the Tel Aviv District Court.