October 13, 2025

The final 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas and other Palestinians in Gaza were released October 13, 2025, under the peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump and accepted by Israel and Hamas on October 9. As agreed, Hamas released the hostages within three days of the Israeli Cabinet’s approval of the ceasefire and the initial Israel Defense Forces pullback.

The first seven hostages freed were Alon Ohel, Matan Angrest, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Eitan Mor and Omri Miran, followed soon after by the remaining 13: Yosef-Haim Ohana, Avinatan Or, Elkana Bohbot, Rom Braslavski, Evyatar David, Eitan Horn, Maxim Herkin, Nimrod Cohen, Segev Kalfon, Matan Zangauker, Ariel Cunio, David Cunio and Bar Kupershtein.

But Hamas did not fulfill its obligation to return the bodies of the last 28 dead hostages the same day or at least to provide information about them. Instead, Hamas sent only nine dead hostages back over the next three days:

Former hostages uniting with their families after two years of captivity in Gaza on October 13, 2025, are (from left to right, top to bottom) Alon Ohel, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Segev Kalfon, Rom Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Matan Zangauker, Matan Angrest, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Gali and Ziv Berman, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David, Elkana Bohbot, Eitan Mor, Eitan Horn, Bar Kupershtein, Avinatan Or with girlfriend Noa Argamani (rescued from Gaza in June 2024), Avinatan Or, Ariel and David Cunio, and Omri Miran. (Photos courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit and the Israeli Government Press Office)