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Freed hostages return home to emotional celebrations across Israel: ‘Thank you for the love’

After two years in captivity, freed hostages Gal and Ziv Berman, Maxim Herkin, Ariel Cunio and Elkana Bohbot express deep relief and gratitude, saying the love and support from Israelis gave them the strength and hope to endure and survive

Idan Bloemhof, Lior El-Hai, Liran Tamari, Roni Green Shaulov | 10.19.25

שורדי השבי ומשפחות חטופים נפגשו עם הנשיא טראמפ ובכירי הממשל האמריקאי

‘Would military pressure help?’: Trump meets with former hostages in Washington

Hostage families and former captives meet with Trump and Macron, who pledge relentless efforts to bring all 48 captives home—amid growing global pressure on Israel and Hamas

Lihi Gordon | 09.10.25

'I was hoping he didn’t see me go': Former hostage Arbel Yehoud speaks of captivity and fear for those still in Gaza

Six months after her release, Arbel Yehoud remains consumed by the fight to free the 50 Israelis still held in Gaza, refusing to focus on her own trauma while her partner Ariel Cunio and others remain captive

Lihi Gordon | 07.30.25

אמילי דמארי לפני כניסתה לניתוח ביד בבית חולים שיבא תל השומר

The cages, terrorist’s weapons and suicide pact: Former hostage Emily Damari talks on captivity, release deal

Damari details her harrowing 13-month captivity in Gaza, describing torture, confinement in cages and life in Hamas tunnels, as she and other freed hostages urge world leaders to act before 50 remaining captives suffer the same fate

Lihi Gordon | 07.26.25

'I will be a former hostage forever': Andrei Kozlov tells his story through paintings

He is alive and filled with gratitude, but feels the weight of those not yet free; He is no longer a hostage but knows the world may always see him as one; 'It will forever be a part of my life'

Associated Press | 05.27.25

‘Our fates were tied’: Former hostages finally reunite

Sagui Dekel-Chen and Edan Alexander, who endured months of captivity in Hamas tunnels, reveal severe physical and psychological tolls while advocating for release of remaining captives

Yael Ciechanover | 05.19.25

'Drank murky water,' held with Hamas leaders: New details about Edan Alexander's captivity revealed

Released hostage's aunt offers new details in wake of Edan's return to Israel after 19 months in Hamas captivity, including more about the inhumane conditions, torture and emotional family reunions; 'From the moment Trump started talking about him, they gave him more food so he could gain weight'

Lihi Gordon | 05.14.25

אירוע בקונסוליה הישראלית בניו יורק לציון יום העצמאות ה-77

'A Jew is a messenger of hope': Ex-hostage calls on US Jews to act in plea to free captives

Agam Berger moves New York crowd at Israeli Independence Day event with her story of defiance in Hamas captivity, urging Jews worldwide to demand return of 59 remaining hostages

Daniel Edelson, New York | 05.12.25

'My real Holocaust was when they kidnapped Omer'

Tzili Wenkert, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, recounts her grandson's 17-month captivity by Hamas and calls for the release of all remaining hostages ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Roni Green Shaulov | 04.22.25

ירדן ביבס קית' סיגל טל שהם ריאיון תוכנית 60 דקות "60 דקות" CBS חטופים

Torture, starvation and despair: Yarden Bibas details Gaza captivity in '60 Minutes' interview

Watch the interview: Former hostages Keith Siegel, Tal Shoham and Yarden Bibas recount Hamas’ unspeakable brutality in CBS interviews, pleading with Trump to halt Gaza war and secure the release of 59 captives still trapped in tunnels

Daniel Edelson, New York | 03.31.25

'Waiting for them to say it's a mistake': Teen survivors of October 7 talk about their murdered fathers still in Gaza

Ofir Sharabi and Noga Weiss, childhood friends bound by the loss of their fathers in Hamas' attacks, recount their fractured lives — caught between clinging to hope for a miracle and confronting the trauma of a grief that refuses to heal

Hagar Kochavi | 03.27.25

'In no scenario had Eliya imagined or believed I’d be here'

Eliya Cohen, released after 505 days in Hamas captivity, reunites with partner Ziv Aboud, sharing emotional recovery and unresolved grief while advocating for the 59 hostages still held in Gaza

Tal Giladi | 03.22.25

מפגינים בבגין נגד החזרה ללחימה בעזה וסיום הפסקת האש

44 former hostages demand Gaza ceasefire to free remaining captives

Freed Israelis call on government to halt Gaza war, warning that military escalation risks further hostage deaths and demanding immediate negotiations for a comprehensive deal

Yael Ciechanover | 03.21.25

Eli Sharabi 'shocked' by Palestinian envoy's 'war crime' claims at UN Security Council

Former hostage accuses Hamas of stealing UN aid and condemns Palestinian UN envoy’s omission of captive Israelis during Security Council session, while Palestinian representatives deflect blame onto Israel

Daniel Edelson, New York | 03.21.25

'I'm not okay until all hostages return': Freed IDF lookout says she's just beginning to overcome the trauma

Karina Ariev, freed after 477 days in Hamas captivity, refuses to accept freedom until all 59 remaining hostages are rescued, rejects the 'heroine' label and urges national unity

Ynetnews | 03.19.25

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