Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages as part of a ceasefire deal pausing two years of war that has devastated the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The releases came as Donald Trump arrived in Israel to celebrate the US-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, an agreement that he declared had effectively ended the war and opened the door to building a durable peace in the Middle East.
In Gaza, Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel as part of the accord arrived in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, their heads shaved and some looking very thin.
Here The i Paper looks at who the 20 released hostages are:
Ziv and Gali Berman
Twin brothers Gali Berman and Ziv Berman arriving at a medical centre in Israel on Monday after their release by Hamas (Photo: Hannah McKay/Reuters)The 28-year-old twin brothers were kidnapped from their home in kibbutz Kfar-Aza.
The family has heard from hostages who returned in a previous deal that, as of February, the brothers were alive but being held separately. Liran Berman, their elder brother, said it was the longest the two had ever spent apart.
Ariel and David Cunio
Ariel Cunio, left, was kidnapped alongside his brother David (Photo: Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/Reuters)Ariel, 28, and his brother, David, 35, were kidnapped from kibbutz Nir Oz. They were taken captive alongside David’s wife, Sharon, and their three-year-old twin daughters, Yuli and Emma, who were all released under the ceasefire in November 2023. Ariel’s partner, Yehoud, was also taken hostage before being released in January.
Matan Angrest
Israeli soldier Matan Angrest was taken from his military tank (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Matan Angrest, a 22-year-old Israeli soldier, was taken from his tank at his military base in southern Israel. On Tuesday’s two-year anniversary of the 7 October attack, his mother, Anat Angrest, addressed her son at a rally. “I know you’re in pain, and I can’t hug you. I hear you whisper, ‘Come for me, Mom,’ and I can’t protect you,” she said.
Eitan Horn
Eitan Horn was kidnapped alongside his brother who was later released (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)The 39-year-old was visiting his brother, Iair, in kibbutz Nir Oz, when the pair were kidnapped. Iair was released in February.
Matan Zangauker
Matan Zangauker was kidnapped alongside his partner (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Matan, 25, and his partner, Illana Gritzewsky, were kidnapped from the same kibbutz. Ms Gritzewsky, a Mexican national, was released in November 2023.
Omri Miran
Former Israeli hostage, Omri Miran, pictured with his wife, Lishay Miran-Lav, on Monday after being released by Hamas (Photo: Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Reuters)Omri Miran was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz kibbutz. During the attack, militants held his family, including his two daughters, ages two and six months, hostage in the kitchen of a neighbour’s house and then broadcast it on Facebook Live. Lishay Miran Lavi, Miran’s wife, said their younger daughter knew “daddy Omri” only through photos and videos, and did not really understand what a father was.
Segev Kalfon
Segev Kalfon was kidnapped from the Nova music festival (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Segev Kalfon, 27, who worked at his family’s bakery, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival. Mr Kalfon’s family has focused on religious rituals in their fight for his release, including travelling to the grave of prominent rabbis and dedicating a Torah scroll in his honor.
Bar Kupershtein
Bar Abraham Kupershtein has been reunited with his family (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Bar Kupershtein, 23, was working at the Nova festival as a security guard when he was abducted. Witnesses said Kupershtein stayed at the festival to try to provide first aid to people.
Mr Kupershtein’s aunt, Ora Rubinstein, told reporters that his father, who was severely injured in an accident several years ago, worked with a physical therapist to regain the ability to speak, so he could meet politicians to advocate for his son’s release.
Yosef-Chaim Ohana
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped in the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, where he was working as a bartender. Witnesses saw him attempting to help others escape before he was kidnapped. He is the eldest of three brothers, one of whom previously died from an illness.
Avinatan Or
Avinatan Or was one of the hostages abducted from the Nova music festival (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Avinatan Or, 32, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival along with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani, who was rescued by Israeli forces in June 2024. On 7 October, Hamas released a video of the pair that has become one of the most well-known videos from that day. It showed Argamani on an all-terrain vehicle crying, “Don’t kill me!” and reaching out to Or, who is being marched away from her by militants. Or worked in tech in Tel Aviv before his abduction.
Evyatar David
Evyatar David was kidnapped from the Nova music festival alongside his childhood friend (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Evyatar David, 24, was taken hostage at the Nova music festival along with his childhood friend Guy Gilboa-Dalal. In August, Hamas released a video of Mr David, emaciated and pale, and claimed that he was digging his own grave.
Maxim Herkin
Maxim Herkin, an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped in the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Maxim Herkin, 37, was abducted from Nova, which was the first festival he had ever attended, according to his family. Harkin was born in Ukraine and moved to Israel with his family. He has a three-year-old daughter and was the primary provider for his mother and 11-year-old brother. Just before he was taken, his mother said he sent a final text message that said: “I love you.”
Rom Braslavski
Rom Braslavski was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival when he was taken hostage (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Rom Braslavski, 21, was working as a security guard at the Nova festival. He attempted to help festivalgoers flee and was wounded in both hands before being kidnapped, witnesses said. In August, the Islamic Jihad militant group released a video of a skeletal Braslavski sobbing and pleading for his life, adding that injuries to his foot prevented him from standing. His father, Ofir, said Rom was usually a strong, happy-go-lucky kid, and that video was the first time he had seen his son cry.
Nimrod Cohen
Nimrod Cohen, a soldier, was kidnapped from a military tank (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Nimrod Cohen, 21, was taken from a tank near the Gaza border where he was stationed as a soldier. His family has stopped celebrating holidays since the attack. “We don’t gather as a family, because it reminds us how much he is missing,” his mother, Viki Cohen, said.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal
Guy Gilboa-Dalal was taken hostage at the Nova music festival (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24, was among those abducted from the Nova music festival, while his brother managed to escape. In the past year, he has appeared in two videos released by Hamas. In one, he appears pleading for his freedom in a vehicle while he watches three other hostages being released to the Red Cross.
Elkana Bohbot
Elkana Bohbot (Photo: Bring Them Home Now handout/Reuters)Elkana Bohbot, 36, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival. His son, Reem, made binoculars in kindergarten which he often uses to go out and “look for his father,” according to Bohbot’s mother, Ruhama.
Eitan Mor
Released hostage Eitan Abraham Mor arrived at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital on Monday (Photo: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)Eitan Mor, 25, was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival, where he helped evacuate people who had been injured in the attack from the site.
Alon Ohel
Released hostage Alon Ohel was among those kidnapped who arrived at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital on Monday (Photo: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)Alon Ohel, 24, who also has German and Serbian citizenship, was kidnapped at the Nova music festival from a mobile bomb shelter. Ohel has shrapnel in his eye from the attack on the bomb shelter and his family is worried he may be partially blind.
Of the 48 hostages who were still held in Gaza at the time the new ceasefire deal was struck, 26 have been confirmed dead by Israel. The status of two others, Bipin Joshi, 24, a Nepalese agricultural student, and Tamir Nimrodi, was unknown.
Additional reporting by AP
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