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Eitan Horn

Eitan Horn speaks to Channel 12 in an interview that aired on January 18, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)
January 19, 2026, 9:27 am
Ex-hostage Eitan Horn says captors used relationship with brother for mental abuse
Before Iair’s release in February, terrorists taunted brothers by asking who ‘deserves’ to go free; Eitan recalls how they used humor to try and survive in the tunnels
By Nava Freiberg 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
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
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
Iair Horn at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on September 9, 2025 (Ran Melamed/Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
September 9, 2025, 4:23 pm
‘Shameful’: Freed hostages chide lawmakers for lack of support and compassion
‘Why aren’t you by our side? Is it because they’re not your family members?’ asks Sharon Alony Cunio; Iair Horn: ‘This is my little brother, I will not give up on him’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Freed Israeli hostage Iair Horn in seen in Kfar Saba, Israel, on July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 28, 2025, 2:05 pm
Ex-hostage: ‘When there’s less food, there’s also less for the hostages’ in Gaza
Iair Horn, who is still fighting for his brother Eitan’s freedom, says, ‘My life is frozen right now. I live in a nightmare that every day they are kidnapping me anew’
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, June 28, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
June 28, 2025, 11:30 pm
‘Make a brave decision’: Thousands in Tel Aviv demand PM seal Gaza hostage release deal
In first demonstration in three weeks, ex-captive Liri Albag says ‘every second there is an eternity’; father of hostage likens phased releases to Nazi ‘selection’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with representatives of hostages' families in Washington, DC, June 27, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
June 28, 2025, 1:02 pm
Rubio meets with hostage families: ‘Real victory in Gaza will be when they are all home’
In Washington, US secretary of state meets with relatives of those held captive in Gaza for the first time since taking office in January, hostage forum says
By ToI Staff
Ex-hostage Iair Horn speaks at a rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, May 28, 2025. (Omer Yelin/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
June 12, 2025, 8:23 am
Released hostage Iair Horn feels like he is still captive in Gaza
The 46-year-old isn’t completely present in his life, says his sister-in-law Dalia Cusnir, who’s holding the family together as they await release of another brother, Eitan Horn
By Jessica Steinberg
Argentina's President Javier Milei waves as he arrives for his speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
May 20, 2025, 9:36 am
Argentine President Milei to visit Israel in June, with focus on ties and hostages
Philosemitic leader will sign memorandum of understanding between Jerusalem and Buenos Aires affirming freedom, democracy and fight against antisemitism, says embassy source
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Crowds gather at the Begin Gate of the IDF's Kirya HQ in Tel Aviv calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Dana Reany / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 15, 2025, 2:57 pm
Saturday hostage rallies draw thousands as families end 1st week of encampment
Protests take place as Netanyahu convenes the cabinet a day after negotiators returned from Doha; families forum slam meeting as belated: ‘The opportunity is now’
By ToI Staff
Sagui Dekel-Chen, watched by his wife Avital and two of their daughters, sings with the Tamari Project in a clip released on February 28, 2025 (Screen grab: YouTube/The Tamari Project)
March 1, 2025, 10:33 am
Sagui Dekel-Chen sings song of hope to remaining hostages
Accompanied by band named for slain friend, freed captive, who says he’s ‘just a dad who sings,’ recounts how music helped him survive: ‘Wipe off your tears and sing with me’
By ToI Staff
Brothers Eitan (left), Iair and Amos Horn, before Iair and Eitan were taken hostage on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy Horn family)
February 21, 2025, 11:00 am
Ex-hostage Iair Horn begs Trump to bring home ‘seriously ill’ brother Eitan
Thanking US president for ‘decisive action’ that led to his release, Horn recounts being ‘starved, abused’ by captors, reveals he was held with Eitan after they were reunited inside Gaza
By ToI Staff
Newly-released hostage Iair Horn (center) reunites with relatives at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center on February 15, 2025. (Ma'ayon Toaf / GPO)
February 20, 2025, 7:41 pm
With his brother still captive, freed hostage Iair Horn sent home from hospital
Five days after he was released from Gaza, family says ‘the journey to recovery for Iair and our family will be long, and will not end until Eitan and all the hostages return home’
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Eitan Horn was taken captive from Iair's Kibbutz Nir Oz home when Hamas terrorists attached on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
November 3, 2023, 4:37 pm
After 738 days in Gaza, Eitan Horn released from Hamas captivity
Eitan came to visit his older brother, Iair, at Kibbutz Nir Oz for the Simhat Torah Shabbat, Oct. 7, 2023; Iair was released in a mediated ceasefire deal on Feb. 15, 2025
By ToI Staff
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