Twenty living Israeli hostages are due for release from captivity in Gaza under a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Militants kidnapped them during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history.
Hostages thought to be alive:
Avinatan Or, 32
Dual British-Israeli national Avinatan Or hails from a religious Jewish family of seven children from the Shilo settlement in the occupied West Bank.
His partner Noa Argamani was abducted with him at Supernova, though she was freed in an Israeli military operation in June 2024.
He was planning to move in with her in Beersheva, where he studied engineering.
Gali and Ziv Berman, 28
The Berman twins were abducted in the youth area of the Kfar Aza kibbutz along with their British Israeli neighbour, Emily Damari, who has since been released. The trio are pictured together at a festival.
The inseparable brothers worked together in musical production. They support the Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool football clubs. Their parents and their older brother survived the attack.
Matan Zangauker, 25
Matan Zangauker was kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz kibbutz with his Israeli-Mexican girlfriend Ilana Gritzewsky.
She was released in November 2023, during the first truce in the two-year war.
Along with Einav Zangauker, Matan’s mother, Gritzewsky became a key figure in the campaign for the hostages.
Ariel Cunio, 28
Ariel Cunio was abducted in the attack on October 7.
His partner, Arbel Yehud, was freed in January 2025 under a deal that saw Hamas hand over 25 living and eight dead hostages amid a temporary ceasefire.
David Cunio, 35,
Ariel’s brother David was also kidnapped from Nir Oz. David’s wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their twin daughters Ema and Yuly, then three, were among the 105 hostages released during a short ceasefire in November 2023
Matan Angrest, 22
Matan Angrest, a 22-year-old IDF soldier, was in a tank that was targeted near the Gaza perimeter fence on October 7.
This year, his family said they had been informed by released hostages that he was suffering chronic asthma, infections and untreated burns.
Nimrod Cohen, 21
Nimrod Cohen was working as an IDF soldier when his tank was targeted by Hamas at Nahal Oz.
Nimrod Cohen, an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped in the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas
Omri Miran, 48
Omri Miran was taken from his home in Nahal Oz. His wife, Lishay, claimed she last saw her husband being driven away in his own car.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24
Guye Gilboa-Dalal had attended the festival with his brother, Gal, before his abduction.
Alon Ohel, 24
Hamas footage showed Alon Ohel being taken away as a hostage from the Nova festival in October 2023.
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25
Yosef-Chaim had attended the festival with a friend, who said they had stayed at the scene to help people escape the gunfire before fleeing themselves.
Elkana Bohbot, 36
Elkana was working at the Nova festival when he was abducted.
Eitan Mor, 25
Eitan Mor was a security guard at the festival. His father said his son saved dozens of people before being taken away by Hamas gunmen.
Eitan Mor was a security guard at the festival, who reportedly saved dozens of people before his abduction
Maxim Herkin, 37
Maxim attended the festival, and his two friends were among the 378 people killed in the attack.
Bar Kupershtein, 23
Bar was a member of staff at the festival and stayed behind during the attack to help treat those in need. He was later identified in a clip of hostages.
Segev Kalfon, 27
Segev was fleeing the festival with his friend when he was abducted by Hamas gunmen.
Evyatar David, 24
In August 2025, Hamas posted a clip of a weak Evyatar in a tunnel. The footage caused outrage in Israel and deep fear among the victim’s family.
Rom Braslabski, 21
Rom was a security member at the festival. He was reportedly trying to help an injured person in the attack when he was caught up in the chaos.
Eitan Horn, 38
Eitan was kidnapped with his brother Yair from Nir Oz. Yair was freed in February 2025 during a ceasefire.
