October 12, 2025 - Day 737 - 20 Living Hostages

The estimated 20+ hostages to be released tomorrow, Monday 13 October, 2025...

Matan Angrest, 21, was a soldier in the IDF when he was kidnapped badly injured and unconscious from his tank during a battle with Hamas terrorists near the Gaza border. He has been beaten, tortured with electric shock by car battery, starved and denied medical care. 

Elkana Bohbot, 36, was one of the organizers behind the Supernova music festival. He stayed behind to help others escape before being abducted himself. His wife and 3 year old child were not at the festival or nearby communities, but rather at their own home that night.

Rom Braslavski, 21 German-Israeli national, was working as a security guard and fought off terrorists before he was abducted by Palestinian Islamic Jihad from the Supernova music festival. He is reportedly frail, emaciated, malnourished, and has potentially been held in isolation for long periods of time.

Evyatar David, 24, is a guitarist from a young age. He is described as shy but full of life. He was taken from the Supernova music festival alongside his friend Guy Gilboa-Dalal. The other two friends they had attended the festival with, were murdered. He and Guy were forced to watch others released just feet away from the Red Cross, causing extreme psychological trauma. 

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24, was taken alongside his friend Evyatar David from the Supernova music festival. His brother Gal managed to escape the massacre. They were held together by chains with bags over their heads, starved, and subjected to daily torture. He has suffered extreme dehydration leaving him unable to speak and possibly deaf in one ear. 

Yosef-Chaiim Ohana, 25, a Tel Aviv bartender, was helping injured people flee the Supernova music festival when he was abducted by Hamas. As a trained medic he had stayed behind to help the wounded escape the festival. He's been starved and suffers from skin and respiratory issues related to asthma. 

Alon Ohel, 24, is a pianist from northern Israel studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was taken from a roadside bomb shelter while trying to flee the Supernova music festival. He suffered shrapnel in his eye during the invasion which was left untreated causing blindness. He was emaciated, kept in chains, and held in dark isolation for long periods of time. 

Gali Berman, 28, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his twin brother Ziv and neighbor Emily Damari (since released). Gali ran to Emily's house armed with only a kitchen knife on the morning of October 7 as she was scared to be alone. 

Ziv Berman, 28, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his twin brother Gali and neighbor Emily Damari (since released). They were held in a private home, watched over my a terrorist's wife and children, the 14 year old was armed. 

Nimrod Cohen, 21, IDF soldier on guard duty with his tank crew near the Gaza border on Oct. 7, 2023. His tank malfunctioned, the rest of his crew was killed, but he was taken alive into Gaza. He's since endured harsh torture and interrogation. He's been confined to a small cage causing skin rashes and an ear infection leading to hearing loss. 

Ariel Cunio, 28 Argentinian-Israeli national, was kidnapped alongside his fiance Arbel Yehud (since released) from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His brother, sister in law and twin nieces (then 3) were also taken. 

David Cunio, 35 Argentinian-Israeli national, was kidnapped alongside his wife and twin daughters (since released) from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. His brother and partner were taken as well. His twins, are now 5 years old.

Maxim Herkin, 37, was a recent Ukrainian immigrant living in northern Israel, who decided to attend the Supernova music festival last minute. As a new immigrant with his mother and brother in tow, he was the breadwinner. He also has a partner and infant child living in Russia. 

Bar Kupershtein, 23, was working as a security guard and paramedic at the Supernova music festival. He had been evacuating those wounded by the terrorists, and had returned to the festival site to aid more people a fourth time when terrorists abducted him

Eitan Horn, 39, was taken with his brother Iair from his brother's home while visiting him in Kibbutz Nir Oz. The brothers were among the few men in their community taken alive; their father, Gad, was murdered.

Segev Kalfon, 27, was kidnapped while trying to escape the Supernova music festival. He is suffering from panic attacks and severe mental trauma including previously documented PTSD and orthopedic injuries. 

Eitan Mor, 24, was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival where he was working as a security guard. He was last seen trying to help festivalgoers escape terrorists along with his friends. At a Shabbat before the festival Eitan told his family that if he was ever kidnapped, he didn't want terrorist prisoners released in exchange for his life. 

Omri Miran, 38 Hungarian-Israeli, was held at gunpoint in his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz for hours with his wife and two young girls before being kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in his own car into Gaza. His wife and daughters were spared the kidnapping. 

Avinatan Or, 32, worked in high tech and was abducted alongside his girlfriend Noa Argamani (since rescued) from the Supernova music festival. They had spent hours hiding in a ditch before the infamous video footage emerged showing him being dragged across a field and separated from Noa as she was taken away on the back of a motorcycle. 

Matan Zangauker, 25, lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz with his girlfriend, Ilana Gritzewsky (since released). Matan held their safe room door shut as Ilana tried to escape out the window.  They were both quickly kidnapped in their pijamas. He is suffering from severe malnutrition, intestinal problems, stomach pains, and muscle atrophy making him struggle to stand. 

Bipin Joshi, 24, is a Nepali agriculture student of the program "Learn and Earn" who came to Israel one month before the October 7 onslaught. He was abducted from Kibbutz Aluminum.

Tamir Nimrodi, 20, was an education officer in the IDF who was kidnapped from a military base near Gaza. He was kidnapped in his pijamas along with two army friends whose remains were later recovered for burial.

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