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Former hostage Eliya Cohen and October 7 survivor Ziv Aboud marry on August 19, 2026 (Screenshots/Hen Mazzig via X)
August 20, 2026, 4:59 pm
Former hostage Eliya Cohen and longtime girlfriend wed in ceremony full of symbolism
Cohen and Nova survivor Ziv Abud celebrate union, together with fellow October 7 survivors and bereaved; are wed underneath canopy decorated with prayer shawl of Abud’s slain nephew
By Jessica Steinberg
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
People gather near portraits of hostages held in Gaza and a digital clock displaying the days, hours, and minutes they have been in captivity, in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, October 11, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 11, 2025, 4:51 pm
‘Thank you, people of Israel’: Families forum holding mass rally ahead of hostages’ release
Atmosphere in Hostages Square turns from somber to hopeful, but forum says struggle won’t end until last captive is freed; Witkoff to speak, alongside Kushner
By ToI Staff
Freed hostage Eli Sharabi speaks to Channel 12, in an excerpt from an interview set to be broadcast June 6, 2025. (Screen capture via N12 on X)
June 5, 2025, 12:54 pm
Eli Sharabi: In Gaza, we figured we’d be free already if Israel had different government
Says he and fellow hostages had ‘no doubt’ a different leadership would have secured their release much earlier, and they ‘discussed this exact point’ in Hamas tunnel
By 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 hostage Eliya Cohen recites the Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall on April 15, 2025. (Western Wall Foundation)
April 15, 2025, 8:30 pm
Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall as ex-hostage Eliya Cohen says priestly blessing
During the ceremony, the young man holds up posters for two captives still in the Strip, Segev Kalfon and Alon Ohel, as the massive crowd recites the prayer for the hostages
By Rossella Tercatin
Idit Ohel, mother of hostage Alon Ohel, speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, March 8, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 9, 2025, 9:41 pm
What Matters Now to hostage mom Idit Ohel: Let our captives go!
Son Alon Ohel has shrapnel in his eye but endures with other fellow captives. Now, ahead of Passover, Idit says the entire Jewish nation must demand their freedom
By Jessica Steinberg
Released hostage Eliya Cohen speaks to Channel 12 in the first interview he has given since his release from Hamas captivity in February, on April 1, 2025. (Screen capture, Channel 12)
April 2, 2025, 5:49 am
Ex-hostage Eliya Cohen: Terrorists killed captive who tried to flee before we entered Gaza
In interview, Cohen describes attack on ‘bunker of death’ from which he was abducted, says captors intentionally starved hostages: ‘You find yourself begging — and they enjoy it’
By ToI Staff
Family members of Aner Shapiro, killed protecting others in a roadside shelter at the Nova rave on October 7, 2023, launched an album of his songs on March 27, 2025 in Jerusalem (Courtesy)
March 28, 2025, 4:10 pm
Family releases album of raps composed by Oct. 7 hero Aner Shapiro
Clip of ‘Headstart’ features Aner’s best friend, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, singing the song in the car
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis attend a rally demanding a deal to bring hostages home from Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 8, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 21, 2025, 11:07 pm
‘Israel choosing endless war’: 40 freed hostages demand end to fighting, return to talks
Also signed by 250 family members of hostages, letter calls renewed fighting in Gaza Strip a ‘criminal policy’ that risks lives of living hostages, disappearing the fallen
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Elhanan Danino speaks at a memorial event in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 11, 2025, 12:56 am
A mourning rabbi looks to hostage son, slain in Gaza, for direction as he pushes for a deal
Before he was murdered in captivity, Ori Danino helped fellow hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in acts of heroism that color how his father now honors his legacy
By Jessica Steinberg
Freed hostage Eliya Cohen (left) reunites with family members at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, February 22, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO); National Security Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. January 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2025, 10:54 am
Released hostage says Ben Gvir’s comments worsened conditions in captivity
Successful rescue mission of four captives in June led Hamas captors to tie abductees together in chains to obstruct future operations, says ex-hostage Eliya Cohen
By ToI Staff
The six hostages released on February 22, 2025 reunite with their families. Top row from left: Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Avera Mengistu. Bottom row from left: Hisham al-Sayed, Eliya Cohen, Tal Shoham. (IDF)
February 22, 2025, 11:34 pm
Hostages were chained, starved, kept in pitch black; some return almost unresponsive
Hamas made 2 hostages not going free watch release ceremony from a vehicle near the stage; Omer Shem Tov, abducted from Nova festival, was held alone in a tunnel for some 450 days
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Michael Bachner, Charlie Summers, Leon Kraiem and ToI Staff
Israeli hostages released February 22, 2025 (left to right): Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu seen on stage in Rafah (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo); Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert on stage in Nuseirat (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo); Hisham al-Sayed in Gaza (X screenshot)
February 22, 2025, 4:53 pm
Hamas frees final 6 living hostages in phase 1 of deal; all reunite with family in Israel
October 7 captives Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen back after over 500 days in Hamas captivity; Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed return after decade in Gaza
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Family members of hostages honored on International Women's Day at the Peres Center on February 19, 2025 (Courtesy)
February 19, 2025, 8:40 pm
Hostages’ mothers, wives and sisters honored on Int. Women’s Day
Peres Center honors women who are shaping Israel’s post-October 7 recovery: ‘We’re fighters and we’ll change the world with our acts’
By Jessica Steinberg
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