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Alon Ohel

Former Hamas hostage Alon Ohel, left, plays the keys as US singer John Ondrasik sings his hit ballad 'Superman' aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in New York Harbor on July 4, 2026. (Screen capture: PR via X)
July 5, 2026, 10:29 am
Ex-hostage Alon Ohel performs aboard USS Nimitz for 4th of July
Captivity survivor accompanies on keys as John Ondrasik performs his post-9/11 hit ‘Superman’ — which the US singer revamped last year in honor of Ohel while he was held in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Hamas terrorist Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan is seen during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, in footage published by the IDF on June 2, 2026, retouched to include the word "eliminated." (Israel Defense Forces)
June 2, 2026, 11:50 pm
Alon Ohel rejoices as IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took him and friends hostage on Oct. 7
Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan among those who abducted Ohel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy from a roadside bomb shelter after killing others seeking shelter
By Emanuel Fabian, Stav Levaton, Reuters and ToI Staff
Eli Sharabi (right) and Roni Kuban (center) during a reading of Sharabi's book 'Hostage' at the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 28, 2026. (Jessica Steinberg/The Times of Israel)
May 29, 2026, 4:05 am
‘Not a day I’m not happy; not a day I don’t feel the loss’: Eli Sharabi on life after captivity
At Jerusalem Writers Festival, author of bestselling ‘Hostage’ talks about mourning his family, time in captivity, regrets from before Oct. 7 and imagining his wife watching him from heaven
By Jessica Steinberg
Alon Ohel, far right, and his brother, Ronen Ohel, perform at the Israeli ambassador's residence in Berlin on May 18, 2026 (WJC / Nicolai Froundjian)
May 19, 2026, 8:42 pm
In Berlin, ex-hostage Alon Ohel plays piano in appreciation of support
Pianist performs briefly at Israeli ambassador’s event, shares how music helped him survive Hamas captivity in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) and President Isaac Herzog meet with former hostage Cpl. Mia Leimberg during an Independence Day ceremony filmed at the President's Residence on April 20, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 22, 2026, 6:28 pm
Honoring soldiers, Herzog says they have fought ‘battles future generations will study’
Freed hostage performs, another is celebrated at Independence Day ceremony for outstanding soldiers; IDF chief: Israel ready ‘to return immediately and forcefully’ to fighting
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Former hostage Alon Ohel performs with Israeli artists during a concert in Tel Aviv, on February 9, 2026. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 5:17 pm
Ex-hostage Alon Ohel gives Tel Aviv concert amid the stars
Former captive realizes dream of performing onstage with artists whose songs, he recalls, kept him going while in Hamas captivity; ‘This is my victory,’ he says
By ToI Staff
Former captive Alon Ohel will perform in a one-night show on February 9, 2026, in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
December 24, 2025, 5:39 pm
Concert of former captive Alon Ohel sells out in hours
Pianist’s one-night show features him with headliner Israeli musicians
By Jessica Steinberg
Alon Ohel (L) and Eli Sharabi (R) speak about their time in Hamas captivity, in an interview that aired December 4, 2025. (Screenshot via Channel 12)
December 5, 2025, 9:20 am
‘We chose life’: Eli Sharabi, Alon Ohel recall helping each other survive Gaza captivity
Two ex-hostages, who were kidnapped separately on Oct. 7 but imprisoned together, credit their bond as keeping them alive and hopeful, comparing it to father-son relationship
By ToI Staff
Surviving hostage Alon Ohel speaks with Channel 12 in an interview aired on December 1, 2025. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
December 2, 2025, 9:41 am
‘No matter what, I choose life’: Alon Ohel shares how he survived 2 years in Gaza captivity
Intentionally starved, chained and sexually harassed, former hostage says he didn’t allow himself to lose hope, knowing that people were fighting for him back home
By ToI Staff
Alon Ohel, top left, with his family at Hostages Square on November 19, 2025 (Hostages Forum)
November 20, 2025, 1:12 pm
At Hostages Square, Alon Ohel plays piano named for him
Former captive performs favorite piece, ‘Song Without a Name’
By Jessica Steinberg
Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein is greeted by well-wishers as he arrives at his home in Holon, November 2, 2025. (Flash90)
November 2, 2025, 9:13 pm
‘Two years of praying’: Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein returns home to Holon
‘You didn’t let me disappear,’ he tells crowd, following three weeks of recovery; hospital says freed captive Alon Ohel underwent successful surgery for untreated eye injury
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Released hostage Alon Ohel (seated at piano) with the cast of 'Eretz Nehederet' on October 29, 2025. (Courtesy, Keshet)
October 31, 2025, 6:13 am
Freed hostage Alon Ohel plays piano on ‘Eretz Nehederet’
Ohel, wearing a patch on his right eye due to untreated injuries he sustained on October 7, plainly enjoys the performance of ‘Under the Sky,’ which closes a circle
By Jessica Steinberg and JTA
Released hostage Alon Ohel heads home to Lavon on October 24, 2025. (Reuven G Sz/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
October 24, 2025, 4:48 pm
‘Everything’s getting better from here on’: Released hostage Alon Ohel cheered home
‘All this love also reached 50 meters underground in Gaza, I felt it every moment,’ freed captive says after being discharged from the hospital
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Released hostages Eitan Horn (L) and Nimrod Cohen seen upon their release from the hospital and return to their homes in Kfar Saba and Rehovot, on October 16, 2025. (Screenshots/Reuters)
October 16, 2025, 11:12 pm
‘Because of the people’: Two ex-hostages return home from hospital to cheering crowds
Well-wishers waving Israeli flags line roads welcoming back Eitan Horn and Nimrod Cohen; hospital says it will continue monitoring recovery of freed captives
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Yosef-Haim Ohana arrives at a hospital following his release from two years of captivity in Gaza, October 13, 2025. (Shauli Landner/Government Press Office)
October 15, 2025, 11:36 pm
Handcuffed, caged, thrown in a pit: Hostages’ families describe two years of hell
‘The road for recovery is going to be a very long one’: Families of freed captives share harrowing details of their time in Gaza, from starvation to psychological torture
By Diana Bletter, Jessica Steinberg, Rossella Tercatin and Nava Freiberg
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