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Omri Miran

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 12, 2026, 1:24 pm
Despite war cancellations, Holocaust survivors from Israel to join March of the Living
Around a dozen survivors, aged 90-100, will travel to Poland though most Israeli delegates forced to cancel; march to be led by survivors of attacks on Jews; former hostages to light torch
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming strikes by Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, February 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 14, 2026, 10:34 am
For freed former hostages, the war with Iran is a trigger, but far from their darkest hour
With some ex-captives released as recently as this past October, the sirens and missile attacks stir up traumatic experiences, especially for those held underground in Hamas tunnels
By Jessica Steinberg
Attendees at the Kabbalat Shabbat service at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on January 30, 2026. (Ben Sales/The Times of Israel)
January 30, 2026, 8:20 pm
‘We kept our promise’: Final Shabbat service held at Hostages Square
After return of body of last hostage Ran Gvili, former captive Omri Miran tells crowd of hundreds that ‘to rise up and rehabilitate, we need to be together’
By Ben Sales
Released hostage Omri Miran, far right, his father Dani Miran, center, and Lishay Miran-Lavi, at Tel Aviv Hostages Square on October 31, 2025 (Alon Gilboa/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
November 1, 2025, 12:21 pm
In first visit to Hostages Square, Omri Miran says supporters ‘rose up’ out of trauma
Freed captive honors Nahal Oz victims of October 7, pledges support to families of deceased hostages held in Gaza: ‘There are still 11 families living in terrible uncertainty’
By Jessica Steinberg and Stav Levaton
Omri Miran pictured at the beach, with his wife Lishay and two daughters out of shot, on October 17, 2025, soon after his discharge from the hospital, and four days after he was released from more than two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Via X; Eli Teichman and Shir Katz)
October 17, 2025, 3:27 pm
‘Time to return to life’: Three freed hostages released from hospital after 4 days
Hundreds line up to greet Omri Miran, who is discharged along with Matan Zangauker and Matan Angrest; body of slain hostage Bipin Joshi said set for repatriation to Nepal next week
By Diana Bletter and 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
Aviva and Keith Siegel, after Keith's release home from Hamas captivity on February 1, 2025 (Courtesy)
July 11, 2025, 4:25 pm
Ex-hostage Keith Siegel hopes for the war’s end and the return home of all hostages
The Kibbutz Kfar Aza resident spoke about the torturous experiences in captivity, and his need to do anything he can to help the remaining hostages come home
By Jessica Steinberg
Ex-captive Keith Siegel and families of hostages attend a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, July 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 2:54 pm
‘They held a gun to her head’: Released hostage shares new details of Hamas abuse
‘These sights haunt me to this day and it’s getting harder and harder,’ Keith Siegel tells Knesset committee, urging a hostage-ceasefire deal
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
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
A still image of a Hamas propaganda video released on April 23, 2025, showing hostage Omri Miran. (Screenshot)
April 24, 2025, 9:55 pm
‘Do everything’: In Hamas propaganda clip, hostage Omri Miran begs to return home
Captive father of 2, kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, appeals to Trump, saying president is ‘probably the only person in the world strong enough’ to make another deal
By ToI Staff
A still image of a Hamas propaganda video released on April 23, 2025, showing hostage Omri Miran. (Screenshot)
April 23, 2025, 8:06 pm
Hamas posts video of Omri Miran; Family: ‘Disgrace’ he’s in tunnel on Holocaust day
‘Never again? An Israeli citizen is crying out for help in a Hamas tunnel’: Family allows publication of still from clip of father of two small girls lighting 48th birthday candle
By Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and AFP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionist party, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 1:31 pm
Smotrich says returning hostages ‘not the most important thing,’ sparking fierce backlash
Hostages’ families say ‘history will remember’ far-right minister; top Haredi coalition lawmaker disputes his statement, and opposition politicians say he’s ‘sacrificing’ captives
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
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