Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Released hostage David Cunio after he was handed over to the IDF after over two years of captivity in the Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
New footage and images show the moment hostages Segev Kalfon and brothers David and Ariel Cunio were handed over to IDF troops in the Gaza Strip earlier today, after being freed from Hamas captivity after over two years.
It is the first time footage of any of the three has been aired since October 7, 2023.
Segev Kalfon was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, where he was last seen attempting to flee terrorists along the highway. Before the attack, he worked at his family’s bakery in Dimona, in southern Israel.
David Cunio was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his wife Sharon and two young daughters, who were freed in November 2023. In August, Sharon Cunio said she had seen unpublished video “from a certain period in his captivity, and he doesn’t look very good. He looks very desperate, and hungry, and misses me and his family.”
Ariel Cunio was taken from the home he shared on Kibbutz Nir Oz with girlfriend Arbel Yehoud, who was freed in January.
Additional pictures show Alon Ohel meeting with his family at the IDF’s Re’im base — where all 20 hostages were brought to today — and aboard an Israeli Air Force helicopter en route to a hospital in central Israel.
Released hostage Ariel Cunio after he was handed over to the IDF after over two years of captivity in the Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)Released hostage Segev Kalfon after he was handed over to the IDF after over two years of captivity in the Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)Released hostage Alon Ohel (C) is seen reunited with his family at the IDF’s Re’im base after over two years in Hamas captivity on October 13, 2025 (IDF)
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