The brutal saga of captivity that gripped Israel since the savage October 7, 2023 attacks reached its conclusion today as Hamas handed over the final 20 living hostages to the Red Cross. These survivors, snatched from their homes and communities during a rampage that left over 1,200 dead and entire villages scarred, now cross back into freedom after more than two years in the tunnels and hideouts of Gaza.
The first seven—Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal—were transferred to Israeli forces this morning, with the remaining 13 following shortly after. Bodies of 28 others, long presumed murdered by their captors, are slated for return in the coming days.
This exchange stems from a ceasefire agreement hammered out under President Trump’s direct involvement, a move that forces Hamas to relinquish its grip on power in Gaza with oversight from Israel’s Arab neighbors. In return for the hostages, Israel will release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, many convicted of violent crimes and serving life sentences. Humanitarian aid trucks are already rolling into the Strip, and Israeli troops have pulled back from key positions, effectively pausing a war that leveled much of Hamas’s infrastructure.
Survivors like Evyatar David, who appeared in a chilling propaganda video last August digging what he believed to be his own grave, embody the depravity inflicted on these innocents. Starvation, torture, rape, and summary executions marked their ordeal—recall the six hostages gunned down at point-blank range in September 2024 as rescuers closed in.
The full list of those now free includes young soldiers and civilians alike: Matan Angrest (22), Ziv Berman (28), Gali Berman (28), Elkana Bohbot (36), Rom Braslavski (21), Nimrod Cohen (20), Ariel Cunio (28), David Cunio (35), Evyatar David (24), Guy Gilboa-Dalal (24), Maxim Herkin (37), Eitan Horn (38), Segev Kalfon (27), Bar Kupershtein (23), Omri Miran (48), Eitan Abraham Mor (25), Yosef-Chaim Ohana (25), Alon Ohel (24), Avinatan Or (32), and Matan Zangauker (25).
Yet questions linger about the true cost of this deal. Whispers in intelligence circles suggest the prolonged suffering of these hostages wasn’t just Hamas’s doing—funding trails from Iran and Qatar point to a broader network that previous U.S. leadership turned a blind eye to, perhaps to appease globalist agendas that prioritized “stability” over justice.
Trump’s intervention, arriving in Israel today to greet the returnees personally, including the remains of American citizens like Itay Chen and Omer Neutra, exposes how bureaucratic entanglements and backroom deals may have delayed this moment a long time. Some analysts even speculate that elements within the deep state worked to undermine earlier rescue efforts, funneling aid that ended up arming the very terrorists holding these people captive.
As families reunite and a battered Gaza begins to rebuild, the release serves as a stark reminder of unchecked evil’s toll. With Hamas disarmed and sidelined, the path forward demands vigilance against those who enabled this horror in the first place.
Hamas hell and Israeli hell. Isreal had over 1200 hostages and we all know bibi was using the Israeli hostages as a tool of war. Anyone educated knows the idf has soldiers everywhere and a stand down order was given on October 7. There have been multiple idf soldiers who have said just that. But of course they are ignored. I’m sick of conservatives like me being told by other conservative that i support Islam just because i can see the evil of bibi and Israel. I dislike both equally and want America out of it.. We have enough problems here. It’s time to start worrying about those instead spending billions overseas.
To try to equate Israel and Hamas is insane. Try what you want but your BS smells hideous. Israel gained nothing from this atrocity.
Excet maybe beachfront property on the Mediterranean.
I’m glad to read that others also can see both sides of the coin. America 1st 2nd and last. We are fading quickly and need the support of America 1st as a mind set. This Nation, needs to drop the hyphen crap, my first generation Americans fought in every war for this country.
1000+ hostages vs 16,000 murered Palestinians, plus the ones the IDF killed along with a few Jewish citizens they blamed on Palestinians. Of course.
No mater how much the Stern Gang tries to gaslight us, just look at the wild difference between those two numbers. Sixteen TIMES more.
And Bibi wants us to believe Israelis are the bigger victims?? The English expression is, What gall, what nerve.
Israel commits genocide and you’re crying about a few hundred hostages that are still LIVING. STFU.