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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Evyatar David reunite with fellow ex-hostages Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Released hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David reunite on Saturday with their fellow captives, Tal Shoham and Omer Wenkert, who were released in February 2025.
“The moment we dreamed about while in the depths of the earth,” comments Shoham. “The four of us together again. Safe. Free. With our faces to the future.”
“Big win,” comments Wenkert.
Gilboa-Dalal and David also posted a picture of themselves holding new guitars gifted to them by Israeli guitar company Wild Guitars and the Israeli fan community of their favorite band, Avenged Sevenfold, all arranged by Wenkert.
While in captivity together, David told Wenkert about an electric guitar he had always dreamed of owning.
A video of Gilboa-Dalal speaking with Matt Sanders, lead singer of US band Avenged Sevenfold, is also making the rounds. In the video posted on social media, Gilboa-Dalal is seen staring in amazement at Sanders as the musician tells him how happy he is that Gilboa-Dalal is free and back in Israel.
Sanders has also been in touch with other Israeli fans whose loved ones were killed at the Nova desert rave on October 7.
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