Released hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen get engaged

9 July 2025, 2:40 pm

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Released hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen pose after getting engaged in a photo released on July 9, 2025 (Courtesy)

Released hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen are engaged. The pair are seen in a picture posing with Cohen’s ring and a bouquet of red roses.

Cohen and Troufanov were both taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, along with Troufanov’s mother and grandmother. The three women were freed during a November 2023 ceasefire.

Troufanov was released in February after more than 400 days in captivity, where he was held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

After his release Cohen said that Troufanov had told her he’d prayed in captivity that she’d find another man to love, as he believed he would never be coming home.