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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Iair Horn

From left to right: Freed hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Iair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Troufanov attend a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind
By Jessica Steinberg and Noam Lehmann
Families fear resumed war could be fatal for loved ones; Sasha Troufanov asks ‘why are we abandoning them’; Yarden Bibas say he’s ‘petrified’ for his friends; Noa Argamani pleads to save every soul
From left to right: Freed hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Iair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Troufanov attend a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 11:19 pm
‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind
Families fear resumed war could be fatal for loved ones; Sasha Troufanov asks ‘why are we abandoning them’; Yarden Bibas say he’s ‘petrified’ for his friends; Noa Argamani pleads to save every soul
By Jessica Steinberg and Noam Lehmann
Release hostages Emily Damari addressing a soccer crowd at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2025. (X screenshot)
March 16, 2025, 4:16 pm
Hostages feted as they attend first soccer games since release
Emily Damari leads crowd at Bloomfield Stadium in singing of Maccabi Tel Aviv anthem; Romi Gonen invited to meet Hapoel Haifa players
By Michael Horovitz
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
Protesters hold a picture of David Cunio at the Knesset on February 17, 2025, on the 500th day since Hamas's invasion, slaughter and abductions in southern Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 11:49 pm
Freed hostage tells family David Cunio alive in Gaza, in first sign of life
Former captive spent time with Nir Oz father, who remains hostage along with brother Ariel; days after release, Iair Horn tells rally, ‘We’re out of time’
By ToI Staff
Freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen is reunited with his wife Avital on his return to Israel after 498 days in captivity in Gaza, February 15, 2025. (IDF)
February 16, 2025, 2:26 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 16: Day 499 – Freed Nir Oz hostages describe torture, torment in Gaza
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses details revealed by the newly released hostages, and the prime minister’s ‘wriggling’ on second-stage ceasefire negotiations
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Left to right: freed hostage Sasha Troufanov, center, embraces his mother Yelena, left, and his girlfriend Sapir Cohen in an Israeli Air Force helicopter on the way from the Gaza border area to Sheba-Tel Hashomer Medical Center near Tel Aviv, February 15, 2025. (IDF); Newly-released hostage Iair Horn (center) reunites with relatives at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. (Ma'ayon Toaf / GPO); Freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen seen with his wife Avital aboard an IDF helicopter. (IDF)
February 16, 2025, 3:29 am
Hours after release, freed hostages talk of Hamas torture, psychological torment
Iair Horn was held with brother Eitan at start of captivity, but hasn’t seen him since; Sagui Dekel-Chen scarred by torture; Troufanov was held alone, learned to speak and read Arabic
By ToI Staff
Freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen is reunited with his wife Avital on his return to Israel after 498 days in captivity in Gaza, February 15, 2025. (IDF)
February 15, 2025, 4:01 pm
A new daughter, a murdered father, a brother captive: Joy and anguish as hostages released
Emotional reunions as Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn freed after 498 days in captivity in Gaza, reunited with families and airlifted to hospital in Israel
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A woman holds pictures of three released Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2025 in the city's Hostages Square. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
February 15, 2025, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing Feb.15: Day 498 – 3 freed hostages find new baby, murdered dad, captive brother
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on today’s hostage releases, the status of the ceasefire with Lebanon and the ongoing counterterrorism operation in the West Bank
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
A combination image showing (from L-R) hostages Sagui Dekel Chen, Iair Horn and Sasha Troufanov during their release from captivity in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on February 15, 2025 ( Bashar TALEB / AFP)
February 15, 2025, 11:47 am
Freed hostages Dekel-Chen, Troufanov and Horn back in Israel after 498 days in captivity
Three men paraded on stage by gunmen in southern Gaza before being handed over to Red Cross; Dekel-Chen ecstatic to hear about 3rd daughter, born two months after his abduction; Troufanov told father murdered Oct. 7
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Hamas hostages (L-R) Sasha Troufanov, Sagui Dekel-Chen, and Iair Horn, set to be released from Gaza on February 15, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2025, 4:42 pm
Hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn slated for release on Saturday
Dekel-Chen to meet his daughter for first time; Horn’s brother, kidnapped while visiting for Simchat Torah, not on list for 1st phase
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Iair Horn was taken captive from Yair's Kibbutz Nir Oz home when Hamas terrorists attached on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
January 22, 2024, 2:21 pm
Nir Oz resident Iair Horn released from Hamas captivity after 498 days
Iair captured with his younger brother Eitan Horn on Oct. 7, 2023; Iair returned to Israel on Feb. 15, 2025; Eitan remains in the Gaza Strip
By ToI Staff
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