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Nimrod Cohen speaks to Channel 12 news, February 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)
February 7, 2026, 4:06 pm
Ex-hostage Nimrod Cohen seeks return to IDF service, says he wants ‘structure, meaning’
‘Sitting at home isn’t what I want to do,’ Cohen, who was freed last October, tells Channel 12, while a regular job ‘would be a bit more complicated’
By ToI Staff
Elad Or, brother of deceased hostage Dror Or, speaks at a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on November 8, 2025. (Lior Rotstein/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
November 9, 2025, 2:29 am
‘Emotional rollercoaster’: At rally, dead hostage’s brother laments month-long wait for body
Freed captives say everyone must return; Rom Braslavski says he saw Hostages Square on TV in Gaza, longed to get there; Golan: Anti-government movement to ‘take it up a notch’ against PM
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Released hostages Eitan Horn (L) and Nimrod Cohen seen upon their release from the hospital and return to their homes in Kfar Saba and Rehovot, on October 16, 2025. (Screenshots/Reuters)
October 16, 2025, 11:12 pm
‘Because of the people’: Two ex-hostages return home from hospital to cheering crowds
Well-wishers waving Israeli flags line roads welcoming back Eitan Horn and Nimrod Cohen; hospital says it will continue monitoring recovery of freed captives
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
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
Anat Angrest, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, speaks during a Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony at the protest tent in Jerusalem, marking the 700th day of captivity of hostages held in Gaza, September 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2025, 1:39 pm
Focus of mass rallies shifts to Jerusalem as fears grow for lives of the hostages
Matan Angrest’s mother says she received phone call that her son’s life is ‘in immediate danger,’ vows protests near PM’s house in Jerusalem ‘will be loud’ like explosions heard in Gaza
By ToI Staff
A screen capture from a video showing the capture of hostage Nimrod Cohen on October 7, 2023, approved for release on August 25, 2025.
August 25, 2025, 11:00 pm
Publishing a video of his capture, Nimrod Cohen’s parents urge his immediate release
Both Viki and Yehuda Cohen are vocal critics of the government and its approach to the hostages, say IDF has withheld other footage of their son
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
(L-R) Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel, Nimrod Cohen and Tsipora Halfon, the volunteer chair of the Association for the Welfare of Israeli Soldiers, in footage taken at the so-called 'White House' IDF post next to Kibbutz Nirim days before the former three were attacked and taken hostage on October 7, 2023, with Neutra and Daniel killed. (Screenshot: Tsipora Halfon/courtesy)
August 18, 2025, 4:29 am
Families of troops abducted from burning tank find footage of them from days before Oct. 7
Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel and Nimrod Cohen are seen in recently discovered video taken by volunteer who came to their base to hand out food
By ToI Staff
Pro-hostage deal, anti-government protesters rally outside the Begin Road entrance to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
July 12, 2025, 3:45 pm
Thousands set to attend weekly rallies: ‘No victory without bringing home all 50 hostages’
Hostage families call upcoming 4,000th day since Hadar Goldin’s 2014 abduction ‘a stain on the Israeli story’; supporters of Arab MK Odeh to protest effort to eject him from Knesset
By ToI Staff
A six-pack of 'Ah Sheli,' a craft pale ale brewed by BeerBazaar and parents of soldiers held hostage in Gaza, whose official launch was planned for June 22, 2025 (Courtesy)
June 19, 2025, 1:20 pm
Brewery creates ‘My Brother’ pale ale for kidnapped soldiers
BeerBazaar teams up with parents of hostage soldiers, offering them brief moment of tasting amid worry and pain
By Jessica Steinberg
A screen capture of attendees at a virtual meeting of Shift 101, the mostly silent protest for the hostages who met online on June 16, 2025 (Courtesy)
June 18, 2025, 6:04 am
Parents of hostages and their supporters gather online amid Iranian conflict
With Israel focused on Iran war, families of captives say they feel forgotten, are frustrated by their inability to gather in person and rally for release of their loved ones
By Jessica Steinberg
Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold a press conference in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 2:08 pm
‘Unbearable’ dread: Hostages’ families demand answers after Trump says only 21 alive
‘What does Trump know that we do not?’ demands Alon Nimrodi, whose son is still in Gaza, as Israel maintains official number of living captives in Gaza still 24
By ToI Staff
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
A t-shirt depicting Omri Miran, who is held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, hangs at the family's home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 11, 2025, 12:55 pm
Yearning for modern Exodus: Israel marks another Passover awaiting hostages’ return
Families of captives struggle to celebrate the festival of freedom after 18 months without their loved ones; Netanyahu notes many families will mark holiday with ’empty chairs’
By Melanie Lidman
Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 7, 2025, 12:12 pm
Hostage soldiers’ families scold Katz: ‘You returned to fighting to get Ben Gvir back’
Yehuda Cohen accuses defense minister of surrendering to far-right coalition partners, Katz retorts: ‘But why do you care?’; Anat Angrest: Potential deals are leaving soldiers behind
By ToI Staff
The cover of 'The Haggadah of Freedom' produced by the Hostages Forum for Passover 2025 with texts by hostage family members (Courtesy Hostages Forum)
April 4, 2025, 4:03 pm
Hostages’ families yearn and mourn in new Passover Haggadahs
‘I have to hold onto something that gives me hope,’ says hostage Nimrod Cohen’s mother, who illustrated a children’s Haggadah
By Jessica Steinberg
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