{"id":90042,"date":"2025-10-13T18:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=90042"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:30:30","slug":"heres-a-list-of-the-names-of-the-20-redeemed-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/heres-a-list-of-the-names-of-the-20-redeemed-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s a list of the names of the 20 redeemed hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By PHILISSA CRAMER<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2013 These are the names and short bios on the 20 hostages redeemed by Israel on Oct. 13 from Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matan Angrest:<\/strong>&nbsp;Angrest, 22, was serving as a soldier on Oct. 7 and was seized from his burning tank at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Released hostages disclosed that he was chained and beaten in captivity and suffered severe injuries. He appeared in one video released by Hamas in July 2024 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/h1y001ydj1x\">another in July 2025<\/a>, as momentum was building toward a potential deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gali Berman:<\/strong>&nbsp;Berman, 27, was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza. A relative said they had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/by5exuoykg\">received a sign of life for both brothers<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 the only remaining living hostages from their ravaged kibbutz \u2014 during the ceasefire in early 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ziv Berman:<\/strong>&nbsp;Like his twin brother Gali, Ziv, 27, was kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza. A sign of life was also received for him in February 2025 but officials indicated that the two brothers were being held separately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elkana Bohbot:<\/strong>&nbsp;Abducted from the Nova music festival, Bohbot, 36, was filmed being beaten before he was taken to Gaza. His family \u2014 which includes a young son \u2014 received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2025-02-26\/ty-article\/.premium\/released-hostage-assures-family-of-israeli-captive-that-hes-not-alone-in-gaza-captivity\/00000195-419f-d05c-a39d-5b9fd6ec0000\">the first sign of life for Bohbot<\/a>&nbsp;during the ceasefire earlier this year. His parents said he expressed hope, through a freed hostage, that they are continuing to hold a market stall where he planned to open an ice cream shop; they are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rom Braslavski:<\/strong>&nbsp;Braslavski, 21, was abducted while working as a security guard at the Nova music festival during a break in his army service. His family had received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/released-hostage-provides-first-public-sign-of-life-from-captive-rom-braslavski\/\">no sign of life until March 2025<\/a>, when a released hostage said he had formed a friendship with Braslavski in Gaza. Hamas released a video featuring Braslavski in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nimrod Cohen:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cohen, 20, was captured from a tank on his base near the Gaza border. His family received both a message from Nimrod through a released hostage \u2014 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/skbr8uxqje\">I\u2019m OK, don\u2019t worry, I love you<\/a>,\u201d they said he said \u2014 as well as visual evidence of his state. Though his face was obscured in a video Hamas released showing hostages bidding farewell to Yair Horn, who was freed in the first phase of the ceasefire,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/03\/02\/captive-idf-soldier-nimrod-cohen-identified-from-horn-video-hamas-released\/\">his parents recognized Nimrod\u2019s tattoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ariel Cunio:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taken hostage with his girlfriend from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Cunio, 28, is half of one of multiple sibling pairs who remain in Gaza. His mother&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-814014\">said in August 2024<\/a>&nbsp;that she had gotten a sign of life from him and his brother. His partner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2025\/01\/30\/israel\/8-hostages-including-5-thai-nationals-return-to-israel-following-chaotic-scenes-in-gaza\">Arbel Yehud was released<\/a>&nbsp;in January after being held without any contact with other Israelis for nearly 500 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Cunio:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cunio, the brother of Ariel Cunio, 35, was taken hostage from his home along with his wife, their twin daughters, his sister-in-law and her daughter. All were released in November 2023 except for him. After the August 2024 sign of life, his wife&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/freed-hostage-tells-family-david-cunio-alive-in-gaza-in-first-sign-of-life\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20indeed%20received%20a%20sign,that%20we%20heard%20the%20news.\">said the family received another in February 2025<\/a>. \u201cDavid is alive,\u201d Sharon Aloni Cunio told Channel 12 news. \u201cAnd that gives us so much strength and so much air to breathe.\u201d His daughters turned 5 in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evyatar David:<\/strong>&nbsp;David, 24, was taken hostage at the Nova music festival along with his best friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalal. A sign of life came for him in February 2025 when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/no-greater-cruelty-father-decries-hamas-forcing-hostage-son-watch-others-be-freed\/\">Hamas brought him to view other hostages being released<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Gilboa-Dalal:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gilboa-Dalal, 24, was taken hostage at the Nova music festival along with his best friend, Evyatar David. He appeared alongside David in the video released by Hamas of the pair watching other hostages be released and realizing that they would not be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxim Herkin:<\/strong>&nbsp;Abducted from the Nova music festival, Herkin, 37, had returned from visiting his native Ukraine a week before Oct. 7. He was born in the war-torn Donbas region, which is part of Ukraine but claimed by Russia, and has a daughter who lives in Russia, so Russia has advocated for his release. Hamas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamas-publishes-new-propaganda-video-of-hostage-maxim-herkin\/\">released a video of Herkin in May 2025<\/a>, saying he had been injured when Israeli troops bombed the tunnel where he was being held.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eitan Horn:<\/strong>&nbsp;Horn, 38, was abducted while visiting his older brother, who was released in the first phase of the deal. Hamas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamas-releases-video-of-hostage-pleading-to-be-freed-as-his-brother-is-separated-from-him\/\">released a video showing Horn pleading for an end to the war<\/a>&nbsp;as his brother Yair was taken from him to be released in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Segev Kalfon:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kalfon, 27, was taken hostage from the Nova music festival. A first sign of life came from released hostages in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bar Kupershtein:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kupershtein, 23, was abducted from the Nova music festival, where he was working. A report from a released hostage in February, followed by a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-859885\">hostage video published by Hamas in April,<\/a>&nbsp;offered the first signs of life for him since Oct. 7. His father Bar, who had suffered a brain injury before Oct. 7, relearned to talk during Kupershtein\u2019s captivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omri Miran<\/strong>: Miran, 48, was taken hostage in his own car in front of his wife and young children. He appeared alive in a video released by Hamas in April 2024, and a new sign of life was received in February 2025. Hamas then&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamas-posts-video-of-omri-miran-family-disgrace-hes-in-tunnel-on-holocaust-day\/\">released a video of him in April 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eitan Mor:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taken hostage while working as a security guard at the Nova festival, Mor is 25-years-old. A friend with whom he was abducted was found dead in Gaza, but a sign of life was received for him during the ceasefire in early 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yosef-Chaim Ohana:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taken hostage from the Nova music festival, Ohana, 24, reportedly aided festival-goers before being abducted. His family said in February 2025 that it had gotten&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/family-of-hostage-yosef-haim-ohana-says-it-received-evidence-he-is-alive\/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&amp;utm_medium=desktop_site&amp;utm_campaign=\">a \u201cclear indication\u201d that Ohana was alive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alon Ohel:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ohel, 24, was one of four Nova festival-goers to emerge alive from a shelter where 16 others were killed. The first sign of his life came after other hostages were released in February.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hostage-alon-ohel-is-alive-but-wounded-held-chained-in-tunnels-family-says\/\">His mother said<\/a>&nbsp;she had been told that he was being chained, starved and beaten in captivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avinatan Or:<\/strong>&nbsp;The boyfriend of Noa Argamani, who was rescued from Hamas captivity in June 2024, Or, 32, was one of the first Israelis to be seen in footage of an abduction. A released hostage said in March 2025 that he had recently encountered Or in captivity, marking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/freed-hostage-says-he-saw-avinatan-or-alive-in-captivity-marking-first-sign-of-life\/\">the first definitive sign of life for him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matan Zangauker:<\/strong>&nbsp;Abducted with his partner from their Nir Oz home, Zangauker, 25, has maintained prominence because of the aggressive advocacy of his mother Einav, who was briefly banned from the Knesset because of her demonstrations. His partner was released in November 2023. When Yair Horn was released, Hamas forced him to hold an hourglass attached to a base with a picture of Zangauker and his mother, with the message, \u201cTime is running out.\u201d Hamas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamas-issues-new-photo-of-hostage-matan-zangauker-threatens-execution-if-troops-come-near\/\">released a new picture of him in June<\/a>&nbsp;and said he would be executed if troops tried to rescue him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Here%27s%20a%20list%20of%20the%20names%20of%20the%2020%20redeemed%20hostages\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6630,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90044,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90042\/revisions\/90044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}