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Doron Steinbrecher

Families of hostages, former captives and their supporters march to the US embassy branch in Tel Aviv, during a rally calling for the release of all hostages, July 19, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
July 19, 2025, 10:19 pm
‘Make Israel great again’: Freed hostage urges Trump and Netanyahu to seal Gaza deal
Family members of captives berate PM for not backing an agreement to free all the remaining hostages; protesters also demonstrate against army enlistment exemptions for Haredim
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Former hostages, and relatives of hostages, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, marking 600 days of the hostages' captivity, May 28, 2025 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 3:51 pm
‘Abandoned, forgotten’: Relatives of 58 hostages held in Gaza mark 600 days since Oct. 7
Captives’ loved ones rage against government as protesters across the country call for hostage deal and new elections, almost 20 months after terrorist assault
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Former hostages hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, April 28, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 11:25 pm
‘Medieval torture’: Former hostages plead with Trump to free remaining captives
Freed hostages hold English-language presser addressed to US president, recalling brutality, inhumanity, torture and agony of Hamas captivity, beg for him to restart serious truce talks
By ToI Staff
Doron Steinbrecher (in black) reunites with her family at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, January 19, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
January 21, 2025, 12:24 am
‘I thought I’d die in Gaza’: First testimonies from freed hostages released
Former captives quoted saying they ‘were scared to death’ during Hamas transfer in Gaza City; some hardly saw daylight in 471 days; all of them knew what happened on October 7
By ToI Staff and Jessica Steinberg
Released hostages (L-R) Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen reunite with their mothers shortly after returning to Israel after 471 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, January 19, 2025. (IDF)
January 20, 2025, 8:25 pm
‘I came back alive!’: Videos show freed hostages reuniting with their mothers
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher, tearful and smiling, seen embracing their moms shortly after crossing into Israeli territory for the first time in 471 days
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Supporters and relatives of hostages held captive in Gaza react while watching a live TV broadcast on the release of three Israeli hostages, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 19, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 20, 2025, 6:17 pm
‘I’m alive again, my beloveds’: Ex-hostages send first messages after Gaza captivity
Less than 24 hours after being released by Hamas in first stage of nascent truce, Emily Damari signs social media post with ‘rock on’ emoji to represent two fingers lost on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
This image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas terror group shows Israeli hostages Emily Damari (L) and Romi Gonen, receiving a package bearing the logo of Hamas's armed wing, as they sit in a Hamas vehicle before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. (Screen capture: Hamas/AFP)
January 20, 2025, 11:44 am
Hamas forces parting ‘gift bags’ on freed hostages as mementos of hellish captivity
Paper bags with Hamas’s armed wing logo said to contain pictures of the women from their time held in Gaza, official-looking ‘release papers’
By ToI Staff
Hamas terrorists hand over hostages Emily Damari (in green sweater), Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen, abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-security prisoners deal, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025 (AFPTV / AFP)
January 19, 2025, 10:49 pm
From hell to safety in a few frenzied seconds
This deal with Hamas will be a long, national rollercoaster ordeal — joy to dread, relief to horror. All the more reason to celebrate the release of Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher
By David Horovitz
(From left): Israeli hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher are handed over by Hamas terrorists to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City on January 19, 2025. (Reuters / Al Jazeera screenshot / Reuters)
January 19, 2025, 7:07 pm
Hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher return to Israel after 471 days
Masked Hamas gunmen hand women over to Red Cross in midst of raucous crowds in Gaza City; women meet their mothers at IDF facility near Gaza, before transfer to hospital
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
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