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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Gadi Mozes

Four members of the Pauker family in the the Kibbutz Nir Oz vineyards, planted by Gideon Pauker before he was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Credit Naama Kaspi)
July 2, 2025, 2:04 pm
To life: Grandson revives wines of vintner killed October 7 in Kibbutz Nir Oz
Pauker Winery becomes a commercial enterprise in the name of murdered kibbutznik Gideon Pauker, carried on by his family and winemaking friends
By Jessica Steinberg
Freed hostages Doron Katz-Asher, left, sits near the grave of her mother Efrat Katz, alongside Efrat's partner, former hostage Gadi Mozes, in Kibbutz Revadim, during an interview broadcast by Channel 12 on May 23, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
May 24, 2025, 3:00 pm
Ex-captive Doron Katz-Asher recalls watching her mother die in her arms on Oct. 7
36-year-old says she has gotten over guilt of missing her mother’s funeral while in captivity: ‘I was there with her in her final moments, and I really did say goodbye’
By ToI Staff
Participants with Israel's flag walk along a rail track leading to the gate of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland, during the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 11:31 pm
Former hostages, survivors and the bereaved walk together in March of the Living
Channeling horrors of the Holocaust on the march through Auschwitz, President Herzog says the ‘return of the hostages is a universal human imperative’
By Jessica Steinberg
A handout photo shows freed captive Omer Wenkert addressing a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 6, 2025, 3:36 am
‘See the tears in our eyes’: Ex-captive Wenkert urges cabinet to invite him to meeting
At weekly rallies, freed hostages demand return to deal; Liri Albag ahead of Passover, the festival of freedom: ‘What kind of freedom is it when 59 people are still in Hamas hell?’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Released hostage Gadi Mozes speaks in a television interview broadcast March 20, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
March 22, 2025, 3:03 pm
Gadi Mozes recounts 482 days of solitary captivity: ‘Everything was psychological abuse’
Former hostage, 80, slams Netanyahu for not visiting Nir Oz, ‘evil’ government for not even welcoming him on his return; says most urgent thing for him is ‘friends still there’
By ToI Staff
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
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
March 12, 2025, 11:17 am
‘Let’s get to work’: Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes calls on Nir Oz members to rebuild
In a letter to kibbutz residents, Mozes, 80, says he believes that with hard work the community can ‘return to being a warm and vibrant home’
By Amy Spiro
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's "Uvda" program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
February 28, 2025, 12:29 pm
Recently freed hostage recounts extreme hunger, gut-wrenching farewell to still-held captive
Eli Sharabi, whose wife and daughters were slain on Oct. 7, says he’s ‘not angry’; he ‘adopted’ Alon Ohel, who was inconsolable ahead of Sharabi’s release; Hamas worsened abuse based on Israeli leaders’ remarks
By ToI Staff
Gadi Mozes, 80, surrounded by gunmen during his release from captivity in Khan Younis, Gaza, January 30, 2025. (Via social media)
February 13, 2025, 1:40 pm
Regards from a dead partner: Relative relays ‘psychological terror’ faced by hostage
Gadi Mozes’s daughter-in-law speaks about how the 80-year-old managed to keep himself going during his long, isolated captivity
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Gadi Mozes, second from left, with his sons and daughter after being discharged from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2025, 8:16 pm
Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes, 80, leaves hospital: ‘Thrilled and astounded’
A week after release from Hamas captivity, farmer looks forward to working the fields, vows to help rebuild Nir Oz, says ‘national rehabilitation’ hinges on return of all captives
By ToI Staff
BEFORE: Released hostage Gadi Mozes (center), and his about-to-be cropped son Yair (right) and grandson Erez, at Rabin Medical Center, January 31, 2025. (Courtesy)
January 31, 2025, 3:58 pm
Safely home, freed hostage Gadi Mozes shaves son’s 482-day beard
Yair had vowed not to cut his facial hair until his father returned; Gadi also takes razor to grandson’s Erez’s curls
By Jessica Steinberg
Arbel Yehoud, third from left, with her parents and siblings on an IDF helicopter after being freed from captivity on January 30, 2025. (Courtesy)
January 31, 2025, 12:52 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 31: Day 483 – After chaotic hostage scene, Israel demands calmer handovers
Reporter Amy Spiro discusses aftermath of Thursday releases, Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit with released surveillance soldiers and in Hostages Square, Netanyahu’s trip to US
By Jessica Steinberg and Amy Spiro
Gadi Mozes, 80, surrounded by gunmen during his release from captivity in Khan Younis, Gaza, January 30, 2025. (Via social media)
January 31, 2025, 4:26 am
In freed hostage Gadi Mozes, many Israelis see embodiment of ‘kibbutznik’ spirit
Kibbutz Nir Oz resident, 80, hailed as ‘salt of the earth’ after image of him walking among masked terrorists as he was released from Gaza, with what appears to be a faint smile
By Ben Sales
Gadi Mozes is escorted by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen as he is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 30, 2025, 5:09 pm
Furious over ‘shocking scenes’ of hostage handover, Israel delays release of prisoners
Freeing of detainees, including top terrorists, goes ahead after Israel says mediators guarantee future ‘safe passage’ of hostages; Witkoff ‘hopeful’ deal’s next stages will go ahead
By Amy Spiro
Gadi Moses, 80, center right, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as he is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 30, 2025, 4:44 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 30: Day 482 – Hamas theatrics and utter bedlam as 8 hostages freed
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on today’s release of Agam Berger, carefully staged by Hamas, and the chaotic handover of civilians Arbel Yehoud, Gadi Mozes and 5 Thai nationals
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
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