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Elkana Bohbot

Freed hostage Elkana Bohbot arrives at his home near Jerusalem on October 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2025, 10:38 am
Freed hostage Elkana Bohbot: Hamas made me film mock suicide video
In a harrowing interview, Bohbot also reveals details of early attempt to escape his Hamas captors and describes surviving terrorist ‘hunting trip’ at Nova festival massacre
By ToI Staff
Freed hostage Segev Kalfon speaks with Channel 12 news in an interview aired on November 1, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)
November 2, 2025, 10:41 am
‘Because of Ben Gvir’: Freed hostage Segev Kalfon details vengeful torture in Gaza
Held by Hamas for 2 years, former captive recalls beatings, starvation, psychological torment; other ex-hostages have also linked abuse to actions of far-right minister
By ToI Staff
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 daughters of hostage Omri Miran, Roni (4), and Alma (2), prepare for his anticipated return, October 12, 2025. (Lishay Miran-Lavi/X)
October 13, 2025, 12:15 am
‘Ready for you:’ Hostage families prepare for loved ones’ return on last night apart
Relatives of captives set to be released on Monday share their last-minute preparations as they pack suitcases and care packages
By Rossella Tercatin
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
Hamas hostages Yosef-Haim Ohana and Elkana Bohbot appear in a Hamas propaganda video published by the terror group on May 10, 2025. (Screenshot)
May 24, 2025, 1:01 pm
‘An attempt to sow panic’: Israelis receive recorded calls of hostages pleading for help
Apparent spam calls use voice of Yosef-Haim Ohana from Hamas video released earlier this month; Hostages Forum say its members also received calls, stresses it is not behind them
By ToI Staff
Protesters hold signs with images of the hostages at a weekly anti-government protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, May 10, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
May 10, 2025, 11:03 pm
Hostages’ families warn of ‘lost opportunity of the century’ as Hamas airs new clip of captives
Amid rallies, Hostages Forum decries ruinous insistence on continuing war; in latest video, hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana says Elkana Bohbot tried to harm himself, refuses to eat or drink
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Ruhama Bohbot, mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot, poses for a portrait at home in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, May 7, 2025. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
May 8, 2025, 11:54 am
Mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot fumes over mixed signals on how many captives dead
Ruhama Bohbot says ‘impossible’ to know if her son is still alive, ‘amidst all of the things that are not OK’ about his still being held hostage in Gaza
By Melanie Lidman
Lishay Lavi-Miran, whose husband Omri Miran is held hostage, shouts to him near the Israeli border with Gaza, April 20, 2025 (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 1:52 pm
‘Don’t lose hope’: Families of hostages shout across Gaza border to loved ones
Elkana Bohbot’s uncle calls Hamas propaganda film of nephew ‘obscene’; Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod is also held in captivity, urges Trump to ‘force Netanyahu to end this bloody war’
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot in a Hamas propaganda video published on April 19, 2025.
April 19, 2025, 9:40 pm
In third Hamas video, Elkana Bohbot pleads for his release, says he fears for his life
Looking gaunt and distraught, Bohbot notes petitions calling to free the captives even at cost of ending war, says signatories ‘care more about their citizens than government does’
By ToI Staff
Hostages Yosef-Haim Ohana (left) and Elkana Bohbot seen in a Hamas propaganda video released on March 24, 2025. (Screenshot)
March 24, 2025, 11:30 pm
Hamas publishes propaganda clip featuring hostages Elkana Bohbot, Yosef-Haim Ohana
Both families clear publication of video showing gaunt captives pleading with freed hostages to speak out about horrible conditions in Gaza
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Colombian President Gustavo Petro holds a picture showing a Palestinian state on Israel's territory, during a visit to the Thumama Medical Center in Doha, Qatar, February 14, 2025. (Screen capture: X/Gustavo Petro, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 16, 2025, 10:51 am
Colombia’s president poses with map of Israel replaced by Palestinian state
Gustavo Petro, who cut ties with Israel after accusing it of genocide, calls for release of Israeli-Colombian hostage as tribute to country’s ‘solidarity with Palestinians’
By ToI Staff
Elkana Bohbot
November 7, 2023, 6:14 pm
After 738 days in Hamas captivity, Elkana Bohbot returns from Gaza to young son
Bohbot was captured by Hamas at the Supernova rave on October 7, 2023, and released in phase one of the Trump plan to end the war of Gaza
By ToI Staff
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