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Former hostage Matan Angrest attends a ceremony marking the first night of Hanukkah at the National Library in Jerusalem, December 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 15, 2025, 4:40 pm
‘Out of darkness’: Freed hostages lead Hanukkah candle-lightings
Emily Damari, Gali and Ziv Berman light menorah together, share video of dancing; four freed surveillance soldiers lead lighting ceremony
By ToI Staff
Freed captive Guy Gilboa-Dalal speaks during an interview on Channel 12 News which aired on November 22, 2025. (Screenshot)
November 23, 2025, 1:21 am
‘I had nowhere to run’: Guy Gilboa-Dalal recounts sexual abuse by captor in Gaza
‘He took me, pressed a rifle to my head and a knife to my throat, and told me that if I told anyone… he would kill me,’ ex-captive tells Channel 12, adding the abuse happened twice
By Nava Freiberg 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
A crowd cheers as freed hostage Evyatar David arrives at his home in Kfar Saba, October 26, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
October 26, 2025, 9:37 pm
‘So good you’re home’: Discharged from hospital, 5 ex-hostages welcomed home by masses
Crowds across Israel wave flags and sing as Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon and Bar Kuperstein make triumphant return to their homes
By Jessica Steinberg and 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
A still of hostage Evyatar David taken from a Hamas propaganda video (left) released on August 1, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 7, 2025, 10:46 pm
Thunberg shares image of emaciated Israeli hostage in post protesting treatment of Palestinian prisoners
Sister of Evyatar David slams ’embarrassing’ post meant to highlight alleged ‘suffering’ of Palestinians in Israeli detention that includes photo of her brother in Hamas tunnel
By ToI Staff
Ilay David is displayed on screen as he shows a picture of his brother of Evyatar David, who is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, during a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, August 5, 2025. At right, in front row with back to camera, is Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
August 6, 2025, 1:05 am
Sa’ar at UN: Plans to recognize Palestinian state ‘assassinated the hostage deal’
Foreign minister says pressure on Israel is a ‘free gift to Hamas’ that prolongs the war; hostage Evyatar David’s brother tells Security Council ‘your silence is complicity’
By Luke Tress
Protesters hold posters of the hostages in front of a still image taken from a Hamas video of hostage Evyatar David, on August 2, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/ Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 5, 2025, 3:58 am
Cousin of hostage Evyatar David: ‘Don’t need a degree’ to know he’s on brink of death
Matan Eshet, a first cousin of the Hamas captive, describes family’s anguish at seeing propaganda video of their loved one in skeletal state
By Jessica Steinberg
Still images of hostages Ram Braslavski (left) and Evyatar David from Hamas propaganda videos, cleared for publication by their families in August 2025. (Composite screenshot)
August 4, 2025, 11:25 pm
Medical report: Hostages face ‘immediate risk of death’ from ‘systematic starvation’
Report from Hostages and Missing Families Forum comes after videos show Rom Braslavsky and Evyatar David looking emaciated, says they’ve drastically lost weight
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Protesters hold posters of the hostages in front of a still image taken from a Hamas video of hostage Evyatar David, on August 2, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/ Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 4, 2025, 9:31 pm
Holocaust survivors say latest hostage videos recall their condition in the camps
‘These images take me back to those dark days – to the hell, the hunger, the orphanhood, and the fear,’ one survivor says of the videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski
By JTA and ToI Staff
Protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza block Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway and hold a banner reading, "Abandoning the hostages = the destruction of the Third Temple. Bring them home. Get out of Gaza," on August 3, 2025. (Aviv Atlas/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
August 3, 2025, 12:51 pm
Protesters block Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway in call to release hostages, end war
Demonstration includes relatives of freed hostages and comes on Tisha B’Av fast day, shortly after videos of two emaciated hostages cause shock in Israel but muted reaction overseas
By ToI Staff
A still of hostage Evyatar David taken from a Hamas propaganda video (left) released on August 1, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 3, 2025, 2:56 am
‘A shell of himself,’ ‘This is starvation’: Ex-hostage, leaders appalled by video of captive
Tal Shoham, who was in tunnel with Evyatar David, says terrorists holding him have A/C, cable TV and plenty of stolen food; Herzog: ‘Silence is not an option’
By ToI Staff
Evyatar David was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from the Supernova rave. (Courtesy)
August 1, 2025, 9:17 pm
Hamas issues propaganda video of hostage Evyatar David
Clip comes a day after video of Rom Braslavski; ex-hostages and families of captives say they are ‘crushed’ by videos, call to end ‘repeated holocaust’
By 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
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