I don’t speak a word of Hebrew, but you don’t need to in order to understand the overwhelming emotion felt by families who are finally getting thieir loved ones back after two years in captivity.
This is former hostage Yosef-Chaim Ohana who was abducted from the Nova music festival.
Yosef-Chaim Ohana and his friends attended the Nova Music Festival as a way to celebrate Ohana’s upcoming journey to the United States, where he had planned to take a pilot’s course, his friend previously told The Jerusalem Post. That same day, terrorists invaded southern Israel, where they murdered 1200 and abducted 250 more.
Ohana, now 24, and his friends had the opportunity to escape but stayed behind to help provide aid to those wounded by the invading terrorists. He used the training provided to him as a medic in the Givati Brigade to rescue the wounded, transporting them to paramedics. Once they were done helping, “they tried to run toward the main road, but then they saw that they were being fired at by RPGs,” Ohana’s mother told Ynet.. “Yosef-Chaim ran to the left, and his friend ran to the right and hid under a car.”
Ohana’s friends and family would later learn that he was abducted to Gaza.
When his father sees him, he starts reciting the Shema, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One”
Yosef-Chaim Ohana’s father reunites with his son and it is a hug for the ages 🥹 pic.twitter.com/2izIBicSFg
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 13, 2025
Eitan Mor was also kidnapped from the festival.
Eitan Mor, now 25, did not tell his parents that he would be working as a security guard at a music festival in southern Israel. His family only learned that he had traveled down to the Nova Music Festival in Re’im from his home in Jerusalem when Mor began texting his uncle his location, updates of looking for a hiding space in a large open field and descriptions of the invading terrorists.
Little was heard from Mor for months. His family knew only that he was last seen trying to help festivalgoers escape terrorists along with his friends.
His father can’t even speak as they are reunited.
💛 Watch the moment Eitan Mor reunites with his parents: pic.twitter.com/mKajWRBumU
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 13, 2025
Evyatar David is the hostage who was filmed digging in an underground tunnel just a few months ago. You may remember that just a few days ago, Greta Thunberg was using an image of David to represent starving Gazans in her propaganda.
Greta Thunberg is using a photo of Israeli Evyatar David as an example of Israeli cruelty towards Palestinian Arabs.
This is the most “Every allegation is a confession” post I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/AweNzgJRDC
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) October 7, 2025
She removed the image once someone told her the starving person was an Israeli hostage. David was emaciated to the point that some compared him to holocaust survivors. Today he is home.
Hostage who appeared starved and emaciated in harrowing images in captivity, where he was forced to dig his own grave, has been released ALIVE back to Israel.
Evyatar David is now safely back in Israel after 738 days in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/IM3LxaO3IO
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) October 13, 2025
Evyatar David was reunited with his family and told them, “everything is okay already.”
His immense strength and determination are apparent, representing that of Am Yisrael. 💙🇮🇱
May Evyatar begin his healing journey after the most horrific, unimaginable, 2-year-long period of… pic.twitter.com/NBjhMZo9bO
— Maccabee Task Force (@MacTaskForce) October 13, 2025
Segev Kalfon’s family didn’t even know if he was alive until earlier this year.
From the moment Segev Kalfon, then-26, was abducted from the Nova Music Festival until hostages were released in February, the Kalfon family had no idea if their son was alive.
The Dimona native was taken while attempting to flee the festival massacre with his friend Asaf Harush…
For over a year, the Kalfon family waited for news of their son. It wasn’t until Ohad Ben Ami was released in the February deal that they learned he was alive, though in poor and deteriorating condition.
Galit, Kalfon’s mother, told Ynet in July that her son is a combat veteran with PTSD and old orthopedic injuries. She recounted how Ben Ami, who had become a father figure to Kalfon as they were held together for over a year, told them he was suffering from panic attacks, disassociative episodes and fits of rage.
Here he is being reunited with his family.
Grab your tissues. Segev Kalfon’s family didn’t know he had survived the October 7 attack until February, when they heard from a released hostage that he was alive.
Today, after 738 days in captivity, Segev is finally, finally reunited with his family. 💛 pic.twitter.com/809Ld7N2WW
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 13, 2025
Guy Gilboa-Dalal was kidnapped from the Nova music festival.
His brother Gal escaped that morning and became one of his fiercest advocates.
Before his kidnapping, Guy was passionate about Japanese culture – he learnt Japanese and was planning a trip to Japan – and was an anime fan.
According to reports, in captivity he was subjected to severe conditions: extreme dehydration left him temporarily unable to speak. He lost hearing in one ear.
Here he is, reunited with his family.
This is the most glorious reunion. Guy Gilboa-Dalal in the loving arms of his beautiful family. His mother was literally heartbroken and had to have major surgery. How wonderful to see her joy. Her heart and all our hearts are healed. pic.twitter.com/7QJgXpswui
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) October 13, 2025
Matan Zangauker was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz. He became seriously ill in captivity and had to have emergency medical treatment.
Zangauker’s family shared in May, said that Zangauker was suffering from weight loss, intense abdominal pain and severe mental distress.
He has now begun suffering from a degenerative muscle disease that runs in the Zangauker family. Alexander reportedly told the family that he had refused to speak or eat, despite Hamas providing the pair more food ahead of Alexander’s release.
Zangauker’s condition was said to have been so severe that he underwent an “emergency medical intervention” in captivity due to his persistent abdominal pain…
In June, Hamas confirmed he was alive and shared a photo of him, but threatened to execute him, claiming that the IDF was besieging an area he was being held in.
The terror group also used his image on the stage of one of the hostage release ceremonies in February with the caption “Time is running out.”
Here he is being reunited with his mother.
Einav Zangauker has been reunited with Matan 💛 pic.twitter.com/eJtiw0YynJ
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) October 13, 2025
Statement from the Family of Matan Zangauker:
After 738 agonizing days of relentless struggle, Matan has returned home – to his partner Ilana, his sisters Natalie and Shani, and his mother Einav.
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the heroic soldiers of the IDF who,… pic.twitter.com/W2Mruwz98d
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) October 13, 2025
There are more of these videos but I’m running out of time. The bottom line is that it was an amazing day for these 20 released hostages and their families. Americans should feel proud that their president played a major role in making this happen.
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