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Avinatan Or

Nvidia Israel's head of HR and deputy general counsel Gideon Rosenberg leads a march with hostage families demanding the release of their loved ones held in the Gaza Strip, November 2023. (Uriel Even Sapir)
December 15, 2025, 7:14 am
How an Nvidia exec came to be a leader in the October 7 hostage advocacy movement
Gideon Rosenberg, head of HR for 5,000 workers in Israel, talks about going above and beyond for his employee Avinatan Or, who was held in Hamas tunnels in Gaza for two years
By Sharon Wrobel
From left: senior vice president and head of NVIDIA's Israel research and development center Amit Krig, released hostage and NVIDIA employee Avinatan Or, released hostage Noa Argamani and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang meeting at the company's US headquarters following Or's release from Hamas captivity, December 11, 2025. (NVIDIA via Noa Argamani on X)
December 12, 2025, 7:40 pm
Freed hostage and NVIDIA employee Avinatan Or meets CEO Jensen Huang
Released after 738 days in Hamas captivity, Or visits chip giant’s US headquarters; girlfriend Noa Argamani says founder ‘personally accompanied the family and called repeatedly’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Released hostage Avinatan Or speaks at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, November 16, 2025. (Screenshot)
November 17, 2025, 12:26 pm
Ex-hostage Avinatan Or details unsuccessful escape attempt, severe beatings
‘One night, I reached the outside. I saw stars for the first time in years,’ Or tells event in DC, adding that he wrote ‘hostage’ on a sandbag in hopes someone would find it
By ToI Staff
Hamas terrorists Ahmad Ibrahim Rajab Shaar and Ahmad Abu Marhil are seen abducting Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023. On October 23, 2025, the IDF announced that the pair had been killed in separate strikes in Gaza in August and March 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 23, 2025, 9:58 pm
IDF says terrorists who abducted Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or and Eitan Mor killed in war
Military, Shin Bet say 8 terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 and took part in kidnappings were eliminated in strikes earlier this year
By Emanuel Fabian
Freed hostage Avinatan Or is welcomed as he heads from the hospital to his home in the West Bank settlement of Shilo, October 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 21, 2025, 6:19 pm
‘Our strength is in our unity’: Freed hostage Avinatan Or embraced by crowds as he heads home from hospital
Or tells crowd in West Bank settlement he hopes nation can remain united, says people have been ‘flooding’ him and other hostages with love since release from Gaza
By Diana Bletter and Rossella Tercatin
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
From L-R: Miri Ben Ami, mother of freed hostage; Rivka Bohbot, wife of freed hostage Elkana Bohbot; Avi Ohana, the father of released hostage Yosef Chaim Ohana; Liran Berman, brother of freed hostages Gali and Ziv Berman; and Maccabit Meir, the Bermans' aunt, speaking at Sheba Hospital on October 14, 2025. (Credit: Oriel Even Sapir/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 15, 2025, 1:34 am
‘Coming back to life’: Freed hostages’ families give updates, thanks; some snub PM
Relatives of many of the 20 released captives thank Trump, IDF, Israeli nation as they detail the physical and emotional scars from Gaza that the freed hostages bear
By ToI Staff
Newly released hostage Matan Zangauker (holding flag) arrives at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, October 13, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 14, 2025, 1:33 am
Freed hostages tell families of torture, starvation and long periods of isolation
Avinatan Or was held alone for all 738 days; mom of Matan Angrest says he was severely tortured in initial months because he served in IDF, was buried under rubble amid Israeli bombardment
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
The 20 living hostages released on October 13, 2025: First row, from left: Elkana Bohbot, Matan Angrest, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel. Second row, from let: Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Braslavski, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman. Third row, from left: Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn. Final row, from left: Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Omri Miran.
October 11, 2025, 2:46 pm
The final 20 living hostages released from Gaza
First phase of Trump’s Gaza deal sees return of 20 living hostages; bodies of 28 others are also supposed to be returned
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Protesters for the release of hostages held in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, August 26, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2025, 3:01 pm
‘Military pressure kills hostages’: Rallies mark year since Hamas killed 6 in tunnel
Anti-government protest folding into main Hostages Square demonstrations; ex-hostage thanks troops for bringing father’s body from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Avinatan Or, a Nvidia employee, taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from the Supernova desert rave. (Courtesy)
November 10, 2023, 4:36 pm
Avinatan Or released from Gaza after 738 days in Hamas captivity
Or and girlfriend Noa Argamani captured during one of first Hamas videos posted on Telegram being marched away by Hamas terrorists from the Supernova rave on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
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