Israeli Hostage Archives

Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker alive but in distress, says freed American Edan Alexander

Tel Aviv CNN — Newly freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander provided new information about Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, confirming that he is alive but suffering from significant weight loss, abdominal pain and mental distress, according to Zangauker’s family. Zangauker was held by Hamas alongside Alexander from October 7, 2023, until Alexander’s release last week, Zangauker’s …

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Egypt Independent May 21, 2025

Palestinian Islamic Jihad releases first-ever video of Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski

CNN — A Palestinian militant group in Gaza released a video on Wednesday of Rom Braslavski, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier who was taken hostage from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023. The 7-minute propaganda video, released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is the first time Braslavski has been shown on camera during his captivity. …

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Egypt Independent April 17, 2025

Israeli former hostage recounts hearing, on his release, of wife and daughters’ deaths

CNN — An Israeli man who was held hostage by Hamas for 491 days has described how he was starved while in captivity and recalled the moment on his release from Gaza – when he found out his wife and daughters had been killed during the October 7, 2023 attacks. Eli Sharabi was released earlier …

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Egypt Independent March 4, 2025

‘It’s over, Dad’: Jubilant reunions as latest round of Israeli hostage releases passes smoothly

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages from captivity in two orderly handover ceremonies that stood in marked contrast to chaotic scenes earlier this week. After 484 days in Gaza, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, and Ofer Kalderon returned to Israeli soil. Stepping off a military helicopter just outside Tel Aviv, …

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Egypt Independent February 4, 2025

‘I am finally at home’: Freed Israeli hostage Naama Levy shares message

CNN — A freed Israeli hostage says she drew “hope and strength” from other captives while she was being held by Hamas in Gaza. Naama Levy, 20, who was kidnapped by the Palestinian militant group during the October 7, 2023, attacks, was freed alongside three other female Israeli soldiers on Saturday, as part of a …

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Egypt Independent January 30, 2025

Mother of a sick baby in Gaza and daughter of an Israeli hostage call for ceasefire deal

CNN — In one of Gaza’s last standing hospitals, Tamara Al-Maarouf’s eyes well up with tears as she stands helplessly by her baby boy’s hospital bed. A tumor, now removed, has been compressing the 4-month-old’s tiny heart and he desperately needs treatment abroad. Meanwhile, 84-year-old Oded Lifschitz, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz …

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Egypt Independent October 16, 2024

Israeli hostage families to boycott October 7 memorial as ceasefire talks drag on

CNN — A group representing the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza plans to boycott the government’s commemoration of the first anniversary of the October 7 attack, frustrated by the slow progress in negotiations to bring back their loved ones. “The Israeli government’s glaring inability to secure the hostages’ return makes any attempt to …

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Egypt Independent August 22, 2024

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