Pray for Israeli Hostages by Name

(Updated November 5, 2025) In a multi-front Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, Muslim extremists slaughtered 1,200 people and abducted 251, taking them to Gaza. During a weeklong truce at the end of November 2023, 105 were released, and four prior to that. In addition, IDF ground forces rescued several hostages alive, recovered the bodies of several others, and mistakenly killed some who had escaped. Another ceasefire was agreed upon in January 2025, which resulted in the release of 38 hostages, of which 8 were dead.

In the present ceasefire agreement, brokered by US President Donald Trump, Hamas agreed to release all the hostages. The 20 live hostages were released in October.

Pray for the healing of released hostages, and also for the families of those who have died.

Pray for the salvation, healing from trauma and the rebuilding the lives of these hostages who have been rescued or released:

1. Matan Zangauker (m, 24, taken from Nir Oz together with his girlfriend, Ilana Gritzewsky, who was released November 30, 2023) RELEASED October 13, 2025
2. Avinatan Or (30, Noa Argamani‘s boyfriend, also taken from rave. He worked a hi-tech job in Tel Aviv before his abduction. ) RELEASED October 13, 2025
3. Bar Kuperstein (m, 21, from Holon, was working at the Nova music festival as a security guard and was administering first aid to those who had been shot, when he was kidnapped.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
4. Yosef Chaim Ohana (m, 24, was taken from rave while helping others escape) RELEASED October 13, 2025
5. Segev Kalfon (m, 26, from Dimona, taken from rave) RELEASED October 13, 2025
6. Eitan Horn (m, 38, Argentine, from Kfar Saba, was visiting his brother Yair at Nir Oz when both were kidnapped. They were held with three other hostages underground. Yair was released in February.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
7. Maxim Herkin (Kharkin) (m, 35, speaks Russian, taken from the outdoor rave. Born in Ukraine, he and his family lived in Tiara HaCarmel. He has a three-year-old daughter.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
8. Evyatar David (24, from Kfar Saba, taken from rave) In a video released by Hamas in August 2025, he was shown as emaciated and pale, evidence that he has been starved and tortured. RELEASED October 13, 2025
9. Ariel Konio (Cunio) (m, 27, Arbel Yehud‘s partner and brother of David Cunio, all abducted from Nir Oz.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
10. David Konio (Cunio) (m, 33, husband of Argentine Sharon Aloni Konio and father of twin three-year-olds Yuli and Ema, all three of whom were released November 27, 2023) RELEASED October 13, 2025
11. Nimrod Cohen (m, 20, from Rehovot, taken from Nahal Oz) RELEASED October 13, 2025
12. Rom Braslavski (m, 20, from Jerusalem, worked security for the rave, taken while trying to help an injured person) He was shown in a Hamas video in August 2025, along with Evyatar David, as emaciated and weak from starvation. RELEASED October 13, 2025
13. Elkana Bohbot (m, 35, from Mevasseret Zion; he was evacuating those who were wounded at the outdoor rave when he was taken) RELEASED October 13, 2025
14. Guy Gilboa-Dalal (m, 20, taken from rave. A video was released of hostage Alon Ohel and Guy on September 5, 2025, with Guy saying he was being held in Gaza City along with other captives.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
15. Alon Ohel (m, 23, Serbian-German-Israeli, taken from rave, proof of life received in February 9, 2025; he is wounded, not being treated medically. A video was released of Alon and hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal on September 5, 2025, with Guy saying he was being held in Gaza City along with other captives.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
16. Eitan Avraham Mor (m, 23, taken from the Nova music festival, where he worked as a security guard and helped evacuate people injured in the attack.) RELEASED October 13, 2025
17. Matan Angrest (m, 21, IDF soldier, abducted from his military tank in southern Israel) RELEASED October 13, 2025
18. Omri Miran (m, 46, taken from his home in Nahal Oz), Omri’s daughters were two years and six months old at the time. RELEASED October 13, 2025
19. Ziv Berman (m, Gali’s twin brother, taken from Kfar Azza) RELEASED October 13, 2025
20. Gali Berman (m, Ziv’s twin brother, taken from Kfar Azza) RELEASED October 13, 2025
21. Idan (Edan) Alexander (Israeli-American, m, 20, soldier in the 51^st Battalion) RELEASED May 12, 2025
22. Eliya Cohen (m, 26, from Tzur Hadassah, was taken taken from the Nova music festival, where Hamas terrorists slaughtered more than 260 people and abducted about 40. Eliya reportedly was held in chains with little food or light throughout his captivity.) RELEASED February 22, 2025
23. Omer Wenkert (m, 23, restaurant manager from Gedera, taken from the Nova music concert, suffers from autoimmune condition) RELEASED February 22, 2025
24. Omer Shem-Tov (m, 21, from Herzliya, abducted from the Nova festival. Initially he escaped in his car, but then was captured when he returned to rescue his friends, Maya and Itay Regev, siblings who were also abducted, but released in November of 2023) RELEASED February 22, 2025
25. Tal Shoham (m, 38, taken from Kibbutz Be’eri, along with his wife Adi, their two young children and his mother-in-law, Dr. Shosham Haran, who were released in November 2023) RELEASED February 22, 2025
26. Avera Mengistu (m, 38, Ethiopian Israeli Jew from Ashkelon. In 2014 he crossed the border into Gaza and was abducted by Hamas; reportedly suffers from a mental health condition) RELEASED February 22, 2025
27. Hisham al-Sayed (m, 36, Bedouin Arab Israeli held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since he crossed the border in 2015; reportedly suffers from a mental health condition) RELEASED February 22, 2025
28. Sagui Dekel-Chen (American, m, 35, grandson of Holocaust survivors, his wife Avital gave birth to their third daughter in December after he was taken from Nir Oz) RELEASED February 15, 2025
29. Yair Horn (m, 46, Argentine, taken from his home in Nir Oz, together with his brother Eitan) RELEASED February 15, 2025
30. Alexander (Sasha) Trupanov (m, 27, taken from his home in Nir Oz by Palestinian Al-Quds Brigades, a militant group allied with Islamic Jihad, along with his mother, Yelena Trupanov, his partner Sapir Cohen, and his grandmother, Irina Tati, who were released in November 2023) RELEASED February 15, 2025
31. Eli Sharabi (m, 52, taken from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri, along with his brother, Yossi, and Yossi’s daughter’s boyfriend, Ofir Engel, a Dutch-Israeli high school student from Jerusalem who was released the same day as Raz. Eli’s British-born wife, Lianne, and two daughters, Noiya and Yahel, were murdered during the October 7, 2023 attack. Yossi died when an Israeli air strike hit the building adjacent to the one where he was held hostage. His body is still in Gaza.) RELEASED February 8, 2025
32. Ohad Ben-Ami (55, accountant kidnapped from Be’eri with his wife, Raz, who was released November 2023) RELEASED February 8, 2025
33. Or Levy (m, 34, computer programmer from Rishon LeZion and father to a three-year-old son, fled the Nova music festival together with his wife, Eynav, as Hamas terrorists slaughtered more than 260 people and abducted about 4o from the event. Eynav’s body was found in a bomb shelter where she and Or were hiding when he was captured.) RELEASED February 8, 2025
34. Keith Samuel Siegel (American, m, 65, taken from his home in Kfar Azza, along with his wife, Adrienne, also called Aviva, who was released in November 2023) RELEASED February 1, 2025
35. Yarden Bibas (34, husband of Shiri Silberman-Bibas and father to Kfir and Ariel, all taken hostage from Nir Oz) RELEASED February 1, 2025
36. Ofer Kalderon (m, 53, taken from his home in Nir Oz along with his daughter Sahar, 16, and son Erez, 12, both of whom were released November 27, 2023) RELEASED February 1, 2025
37. Arbel Yahod (f, 28, girlfriend of Ariel Cunio, taken from her home in Nir Oz; the remains of her brother Dolev, who was believed to have been taken hostage with her, were found June 2 in Nir Oz, where he was killed by Hamas on October 7, held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, rather than Hamas) RELEASED January 30, 2025
38. Gadi Moshe Mosez (m, 80, taken from his home in Nir Oz, where he was an agricultural expert, held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, rather than Hamas) RELEASED January 30, 2025
39. Agam Berger (f, 20, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, kidnapped from Nahal Oz) RELEASED January 30, 2025
40. Surasak Lamnau (Thai) RELEASED January 30, 2025
41. Watchara Sriuan (Thai, m, 32) RELEASED January 30, 2025
42. Bannawat Seatho (Thai) RELEASED January 30, 2025
43. Sathian Suwankam (Thai, m, 34) RELEASED January 30, 2025
44. Pongsak Thaenna (Thai, m) RELEASED January 30, 2025
45. Liri Albag (f, 19, from Moshav Yeruhav, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps in training to be an Army lookout, taken from Nahal Oz) RELEASED January 25, 2025
46. Daniela Gilboa (f, 20, Bulgarian-Israeli from Petah Tikvah, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps) RELEASED January 25, 2025
47. Naama Levy (f, 20, from Ra’anana, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps) RELEASED January 25, 2025
48. Karina Ariev (f, 20, from Jerusalem, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, taken while serving at Nahal Oz army base) RELEASED January 25, 2025
49. Doron Steinbrecher (f, 31, Israeli-Romanian veterinary nurse taken from Kfar Azza) RELEASED January 19, 2025
50. Emily Damari (f, 28, British-Israeli, taken from Kibbutz Afar Aza) RELEASED January 19, 2025
51. Romi Leshem Gonen (f, 23, from Kfar Vradim, taken from rave, her grandmother was born in Iran) RELEASED January 19, 2025
52. Farhan al-Qadi (m, 52, Bedouin security guard, kidnapped from Magen kibbutz, husband to two wives, father to 11 children), RESCUED August 27, 2024, from a tunnel in Gaza
53. Shlomi Ziv (m, 41, from northern Israel, taken from outdoor rave; his two friends were among those massacred), RESCUED June 8, 2024, by Israeli forces
54. Noa Argamani (f, 26, from Be’er Sheva, taken from the rave along with her boyfriend Avinatan Or), RESCUED June 8, 2024, by Israeli forces
55. Andrey Kozlov (m, 27, Russian immigrant living in Rishon Letzion, taken from rave, where he was working as a security guard), RESCUED June 8, 2024, by Israeli forces
56. Almog Meir Jan (m, 21, from Or Yehuda, taken from rave), RESCUED June 8, 2024 by Israeli forces
57. Fernando Marman (60, Argentine-Israeli taken from his home in Nir Yitzhak) RESCUED February 10, 2024 by IDF ground forces
58. Norberto Louis Har (70, Marman’s partner) RESCUED February 10, 2024 by IDF ground forces
59. Amit Soussana (f, 40, taken from Kfar Azza) RELEASED November 30, 2023
60. Nili Margalit (40, a nurse at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, taken from Nir Oz with her father Eliyahu; she took care of other hostages while in captivity) RELEASED November 30, 2023
61. Shani Goren (29, a teacher and youth counselor taken from her home in Nir Oz; about two weeks after the abduction, Eitan Yahalomi, whom she had formerly counseled in Nir Oz, was brought to her and she cared for him until his release on November 27) RELEASED November 30, 2023
62. Ilana Gritzewsky (Mexican-Israeli, 30, taken from her home in Nir Oz together with her boyfriend, Matan Zangauker) RELEASED November 30, 2023
63. Aisha Ziyadne (f, 17, a Bedouin from Rahat, taken from Holit kibbutz) RELEASED November 30, 2023
64. Bilal Ziyadne (18, Aisha’s Bedouin brother) RELEASED November 30, 2023
65. Mia Schem (French-Israeli, f, 21, from Shoham, taken from rave) RELEASED November 30
66. Sapir Cohen (28, Sasha Trupanov‘s girlfriend, taken from Nir Oz) RELEASED November 30
67. Irena Tati (Russian native who has lived in Israel many years, 73, a physician taken from her home in Nir Oz, Yelena Trupanov’s mother and Alexandre Trupanov‘s grandmother) RELEASED November 29
68. Yelena Trupanov (Irena’s daughter, also a Russian native, 50, taken from her home in Nir Oz; her husband Vitaly was murdered) RELEASED November 29
69. Liat Beinin Atzili (American-Israeli, 49, taken along with her husband Aviv from Nir Oz; she worked as a tour guide for youth groups at a Holocaust remembrance center in Jerusalem) RELEASED November 29
70. Raaya Rotem (f, 54, taken from Be’eri along with Hila) RELEASED November 29
71. Liam Or (m, 18, kindergarten teacher at Kibbutz Be’eri) RELEASED November 29
72. Gali Tarshansky (f, 13, taken from her home in Be’eri; her 16-year-old brother, Lior, who was hiding with her, was murdered) RELEASED November 29
73. Amit Shani (m, 16, taken from his home in Be’eri) RELEASED November 29
74. Ofir Engel (Dutch-Israeli, 18, high school student from Jerusalem who was visiting his girlfriend, Yuval Sharabi, at Kibbutz Be’eri; Yuval’s father, Yossi, was taken hostage together with him) RELEASED November 29
75. Yarden Roman Gat (German, 36, a physiotherapist taken from her home in Be’eri, along with her husband Alon and 3-year-old daughter Gefen; as they approached Gaza, an Israeli tank appeared and the family jumped out of the car. Gunmen pursued Alon, who was carrying Gefen, but the two managed to hide and made it to safety) RELEASED November 29
76. Raz Ben-Ami (German, 57, taken from her home in Be’eri along with her husband Ohad) RELEASED November 29
77. Moran Yanai (f, 40, from Be’er Sheva, an artist and jewelry designer taken from rave) RELEASED November 29
78. Itay Regev (m, 18, taken with his sister Maya from rave) RELEASED November 29
79. Paiboon Rattanin (Thai) RELEASED November 29, 2023
80. Kong Saelao (Thai) RELEASED November 29, 2023
81. Juckapan Sikena (Thai) RELEASED November 29, 2023
82. Chalermchai Sangkaew (Thai) RELEASED November 29, 2023
83. Pattanayut Tonsakree (Thai) RELEASED November 28, 2023
84. Ditza Haiman (84, taken from her home in Nir Oz) RELEASED November 28
85. Owat Suriyasri (Thai, 40, father of two) RELEASED November 28, 2023
86. Noralyn Babadilla Agojo (Born in Philippines, f, 60, her Israeli-born husband, Gideon Babani, was killed in the October 7 attack) RELEASED November 28, 2023
87. Tamar Metzger (78, taken from her home in Nir Oz, her husband Yoram, remains a hostage) RELEASED November 28
88. Rimon Kirsht (36, Yagev’s wife) RELEASED November 28
89. Ofelia Roitman (Born in Argentina, f, 77, taken from Nir Oz) RELEASED November 28
90. Ada Sagi (f, 75, taken from Nir Oz, daughter of Holocaust survivors from Poland) RELEASED November 28
91. Meirav Tal (53, Yair’s girlfriend) RELEASED November 28
92. Clara Marman (f, 62, Argentine-Israeli, taken with Fernando, Mia, Gabriela, and Louis Har) RELEASED November 28, 2023
93. Mia Leimberg (Argentine, f, 17, from Jerusalem, taken from Nir Yitzhak kibbutz, along with her dog Bella and other family members) RELEASED with her dog and some family members November 28, 2023
94. Gabriela Leimberg (59, Argentine-Israeli, Mia’s mother, Fernando and Clara’s sister) RELEASED November 28, 2023
95. Sahar Kalderon (French, Ofer’s daughter, 16) RELEASED November 27, 2023
96. Erez Kalderon (French, Sahar’s brother, 12; their mother, Hadas Calderon, divorced from Ofer, was not taken hostage) RELEASED November 27, 2023
97. Yagil Yaakov (German, Yair’s son, 12) RELEASED November 27
98. Eitan Yahalomi (12, taken from his home in Nir Oz together with his mother Batsheva and two sisters, Yael and a two-year-old, who ESCAPED from the terrorists before entering Gaza) RELEASED November 27
99. Yuli Konio (Argentine, 3, taken from her home in Nir Oz along with her family below) RELEASED November 27
100. Ema Konio (Argentine, Yuli’s twin sister, 3) RELEASED November 27
101. Sharon Aloni Konio (Argentine, 34, Daniel Aloni’s sister, mother of twins Yuli and Emma) RELEASED November 27
102. Yuval Engel (Argentine, f, 11) RELEASED November 27
103. Mika Engel (Argentine, f, 18) RELEASED November 27
104. Or Yaakov (German, Yagil’s brother, 16, their mother Renana Gome is not a hostage) RELEASED November 27
105. Carina Engel-Bart (Argentine-Israeli, 52, mother of Mika and Yuval) RELEASED November 27
106. Chen Almog-Goldstein (American, 48, taken from her home in Kfar Azza with family below) RELEASED November 26, 2023
107. Avigail Idan (Israeli-American, 4, taken from her home in Kfar Azza; her parents were killed. She ran to the Brodutchs’ home for safety, but was taken captive together with them) RELEASED November 26, 2023
108. Yuval Brodutch  (8, taken from his home in Kfar Azza with family below) RELEASED November 26, 2023
109. Oriya Brodutch  (m, 4.5) RELEASED November 26, 2023
110. Ofri Brodutch  (f, 10) RELEASED November 26, 2023
111. Hagar Brodutch  (40, mother of Yuval, Oriya and Ofri) RELEASED November 26, 2023
112. Alma Avraham (84, taken from her home in Nahal Oz, in critical condition at a hospital in Beersheba) RELEASED November 26, 2023
113. Ella Elyakim (8, taken from her home in Natal Oz with sister Dafna; their father, Noam, his girlfriend, Dikla, and Dikla’s son, Tomer, were murdered) RELEASED November 26, 2023
114. Dafna Elyakim (14, taken from her home in Natal Oz) RELEASED November 26, 2023
115. Adrienne (Aviva) Siegel (62, taken from her home in Kfar Azza. Her husband, Keith, is still held hostage.) RELEASED November 26, 2023
116. Roni Krivoi (Russian-Israeli, m, 25, taken from rave) RELEASED November 26
117. Tal Goldstein (m, 9) RELEASED November 26, 2023
118. Gal Goldstein (m, 11) RELEASED November 26, 2023
119. Agam Goldstein (f, 17) RELEASED November 26, 2023
120. Wichian Temthon (Thai) RELEASED November 26, 2023
121. Surin Kesungnoen (Thai) RELEASED November 26, 2023
122. Phonsawan Pinakalo (Thai) RELEASED November 26, 2023
123. Manee Jirachart (Thai, m) RELEASED November 25, 2023
124. Yahel Gani Shoham (Israeli-German, 3, taken from Be’eri kibbutz with her family below) RELEASED November 25, 2023
125. Nave Shoham (Israeli-German, f, 8) RELEASED November 25, 2023
126. Adi Shoham (f, 38) RELEASED November 25, 2023 
127. Noam Avigdori (Israeli-German, 12, taken from Be’eri kibbutz with mother) RELEASED November 25, 2023
128. Sharon Avigdori (52, Noam’s mother) RELEASED November 25, 2023
129. Natthaporn Onkaew (Thai) RELEASED November 25, 2023
130. Komkrit Chombua (Thai) RELEASED November 25, 2023
131. Anucha Angkaew (Thai) RELEASED November 25, 2023
132. Maya Regev (f, 21, from Herzliya, Itay’s sister, shot in the leg and taken from the rave) RELEASED November 25, 2023
133. Emily Hand (f, 8, from Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
134. Hila Rotem (f, 13, taken from her home in Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
135. Noam Or (m, 17, Liam’s cousin taken from Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
136. Alma Or (f, 13, Liam’s cousin taken from Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
137. Noga Weiss (f, 18, taken from Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
138. Shiri Weiss (f, 53, taken from Be’eri) RELEASED November 25, 2023
139. Shoshan Haran (66, taken from her home in Be’eri, along with her daughter, Adi, and two grandchildren, who were also released, and son-in-law Ohad Yahalomi, who is still in Gaza) RELEASED November 25, 2023
140. Manee Jirachart (Thai, m) RELEASED November 25, 2023
141. Vetoon Phoome (Thai, m) RELEASED November 24, 2023
142. Margalit Moses (German, f, 78) RELEASED November 24
143. Wichai Kalapat (Thai, m) RELEASED November 24, 2023
144. Uthai Thunsri (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
145. Yaffa Adar (85, taken from her home in Nir Oz) RELEASED November 24, 2023
146. Adina Moshe (72, taken from her home in Nir Oz) RELEASED November 24, 2023
147. Hana Katzir (76, taken from her home in Nir Oz; her husband, Rami, was killed; her son, Elad, was also taken hostage and died in captivity) RELEASED November 24, 2023, DECEASED due to medical complications December 24, 2024.
148. Emilia Aloni (5, taken from Nir Oz kibbutz with her mother, Daniel) RELEASED November 24, 2023
149. Nattawaree Moonkan (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
150. Boonthom Pankhong (Thai, 39, Natthawaree’s boyfriend) RELEASED November 24, 2023
151. Santi Boonphrom (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
152. Mongkhol Phajuabboon (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
153. Yocheved Lifshitz (85, taken from her home in Nir Oz) RELEASED October 24, 2023
154. Nurit Cooper (79, taken from her home in Nir Oz) RELEASED October 24, 2023
155. Bancha Kongmanee (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
156. Buddhee Saengboon (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
157. Daniel Aloni (45, Emilia’s mother) RELEASED November 24, 2023
158. Channah Peri (South African, 79, taken from her home in Nirim, mother of hostage Nadav Popplewell) RELEASED November 24, 2023
159. Ohad Munder-Zichri (m, 9, taken from his grandparents’ home in Nir Oz) RELEASED November 24, 2023
160. Karen Munder (Ohad’s mother, 54, taken from her parents’ home) RELEASED November 24, 2023
161. Ruth Munder (Ohad’s grandmother, 78) RELEASED November 24, 2023
162. Utah Sangnuan (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
163. Withoon Phumee (Thai) RELEASED November 24, 2023
164. Galienor “Jimmy” Leano Pacheco (Philippine, m, 33) RELEASED November 24, 2023
165. Unknown (Polish, f) RELEASED November 24, 2023
166. Doron Katz Asher (German, 34, mother of Raz and Aviv below, taken from their home in Nir Oz, her brother, Ravid Katz, previously presumed a hostage, was killed in the October 7 attack) RELEASED November 24, 2023 
167. Raz Asher (German, f, 4) RELEASED November 24, 2023
168. Aviv Asher (German, f, 2) RELEASED November 24, 2023
169. Pvt. Ori Megidish (f, 19) RESCUED October 30, 2023 from Gaza by Israeli security forces
170. Natalie Raanan (American, teen daughter of Judith) RELEASED on Oct 20, 2023
171. Judith Tai Raanan (American, f) RELEASED on Oct 20, 2023

Pray for the salvation and healing of the heart for the families of these hostages who died while in captivity:

• Yossi Sharabi (53, Ofir Engel’s girlfriend’s father, taken from his home in Be’eri) believed DECEASED when an IDF air strike hit an adjacent building (IDF did not know hostages were there); his body was returned to Israel October 14, 2025
• Guy Iluz (m, 26, from Tel Aviv, taken from rave) DECEASED, body returned to Israel October 14, 2025
• Tamir Nimrodi (m, 19, from Nirit) confirmed dead October 13, 2025
• Bipin Joshi (Nepali student, m, 23, taken from Kibbutz Alumim) confirmed dead October 13, 2025
• Eitan Levy (53) confirmed DECEASED in December 2023, body returned to Israel October 14, 2025
• Joshua Loitu Mollel (Tanzanian student working as an agricultural intern at a kibbutz, killed in the October 7 attack immediately after taken hostage). His fellow student Clemence Felix Mtenga was also killed. Mollel’s body is still held by Hamas.)
• Almog Sarusi (m, 26, from Ra’anana taken from rave) DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in the tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Pinta Nattapong (Thai, m, 35, agricultural worker in Nir Oz, abducted alive, but then killed), body recovered by IDF around June 6
• Shlomo Mansour (m, 86, Iraqi-born chicken coop manager taken from Kibbutz Kissufim) body returned in February 2025
• Ohad Yahalomi (m, 49, shot in a gun battle with Hamas terrorists at Nir Oz, then abducted along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan Yahalomi, who was released November 27, 2023) body returned in February 2025
• Tsachi Idan (m, 51, taken from his home in Nahal Oz; his eldest child, Maayan, barely 18, was shot in the attack) body returned in February 2025
• Itzhk Elgarat (m, 70, shot in the hand during the attack and taken from his home in Nir Oz) body returned in February 2025
• Shiri Silberman-Bibas (32, Israeli-Argentine-Peruvian taken from Nir Oz with her husband Yarden Bibas and two children, Kfir and Ariel. They were reportedly transferred to a different Palestinian terrorist group. Shiri’s parents, Yosi and Margit Silberman were killed the day of the abduction. Yarden was released February 1, 2025.) DECEASED, brutally murdered along with her children in November 2023 while in captivity. During the 2025 ceasefire, her body was to be returned on February 20 together with her children’s, but Hamas sent another unidentified woman’s body instead. Her body was returned February 22.
• Kfir Bibas (Shiri and Yarden‘s son taken captive at 9 months old; Yarden was released February 1, 2025, but his wife and children died in captivity.) DECEASED, brutally murdered in November 2023 while in captivity, body returned to Israel February 20, 2025
• Ariel Bibas (Shiri and Yarden‘s son taken captive at 4 years old; Yarden was released February 1, 2025, but his wife and children died in captivity.) DECEASED, brutally murdered while in captivity, body returned to Israel February 20, 2025
• Oded Lifshitz (m, 84, retired journalist and veteran peace activist taken from Nir Oz, husband of Yocheved Lifshitz, who was released October 24, 2023) DECEASED, body returned to Israel February 20, 2025
• Youssef Hamis Ziyadne (also written AlZayadni Yosef) (53, a Bedouin dairy farmer, primary provider for his large family; together with his two wives, he has 18 children and 20 grandchildren. His daughter Aisha, 17, and son Bilal, 19, were released November 30, 2023) DECEASED – body found in a tunnel in southern Rafah January 7, 2025
• Hamza Ziyadne (Bedouin, 23, Youssef‘s son, father of two, and brother of Aisha and Bilal) DECEASED – Youssef’s and Hamza’s bodies were found January 7, 2025, in a tunnel in Rafah
• Hersch Goldberg-Polin (American, m, 23, from Jerusalem, taken from rave, Hamas released a video showing him missing a hand on April 24, 2024) DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in a tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Eden Yerushalmi (f, 24, from Tel Aviv, taken from rave, where she was tending bar) DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in the tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Carmel Gat (f, 40, taken from her home in Kibbutz Be’eri, where she was visiting her parents) DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in the tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Ori Danino (m, 24, reported to have escaped the rave in his car, but now believed captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there), DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in the tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Alexander Lobanov (m, 32, Russian Israeli from Ashkelon, father of two, taken from rave, where he was tending bar) DECEASED, killed by Hamas shortly before IDF arrived in the tunnel under Rafah, August 31
• Sonthaya Oakkharasr (Thai, 31, confirmed dead in May 2024, body still in Gaza)
• Sudthisak Rinthalak (Thai, confirmed dead in May 2024, body still in Gaza)
• Avraham Munder (78, taken from Nir Oz, along with his wife, Ruth, daughter Karen and nine-year-old grandson, Ohad Munder-Zichri, all of whom were released November 24, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Nick Beiser (19, from Be’er Sheva, taken from Nir Oz Kibbutz) DECEASED, body recovered in December 2023
• Yagev Buchshtab (m. 34, taken from his home in Nirim, together with his wife, Rimon Kirsht, who was released November 28) DECEASED in Khan Younis, Gaza, sometime in early 2024, announced July 22, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Alexander Dancyg (m, 75, taken from his home in Nir Oz) DECEASED in Khan Younis, Gaza, sometime in early 2024, announced July 22, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Yoram Metzger (m, 80, husband of Tamar Metzger, who was released November 28) DECEASED, killed in Khan Younis during an IDF operation, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Nadav Popplewell (m, 51,dual citizen of both the UK and Israel. He and his mother, South African immigrant Channah Peri, were taken from their adjacent homes and held captive together in a tunnel under Gaza until she was released by Hamas November 24), DECEASED, killed in Khan Younis during an IDF operation, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Chaim Peri (m, 79, peace activist who helped drive sick Palestinian children from Gaza to Israeli hospitals where they could receive proper medical care, taken from his home in Nir Oz), DECEASED, killed in Khan Younis during an IDF operation, body discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis August 19)
• Amiram Cooper (m, 85, one of the founders of Nir Oz Kibbutz, taken from Nir Oz, husband of Nurit Cooper, who was released October 24) DECEASED, killed in Khan Younis during an IDF operation, body still held by Hamas
• Michel Nissembaum (m, 59, Brazilian from Sderot, he had gone to pick up his four-year-old granddaughter, whose father is an officer in the Gaza division) DECEASED, body discovered by IDF May 23 and returned to Israel
• Hanan Yablonka (m, 42, from Tel Aviv, father of two children, ages 12 and 9, murdered October 7; his body was taken to Gaza) DECEASED, body discovered by IDF May 23 and returned to Israel
• Orión Hernández Radoux (Mexican/French, m, 30, Shani Louk‘s boyfriend, murdered October 7 at the rave, body taken to Gaza) DECEASED, remains discovered by IDF May 23 and returned to Israel
• Ron Benjamin (m, 52, from Rehovot, murdered October 7 in Mefalsim after escaping the rave, body was taken to Gaza) DECEASED, body found in a tunnel under the carpet of a Palestinian civilian’s home in Jabaliya refugee camp May 17
• Shani Louk (German-Israeli, f, 22, seen in a video lying facedown and unmoving in the back of a Hamas pickup truck filled with gunmen, murdered October 7 in Mefalsim after escaping the rave, body was taken to Gaza) DECEASED, body found in a tunnel under the carpet of a Palestinian civilian’s home in Jabaliya refugee camp May 17
• Amit Buskila (f, 28, from Ashdod, murdered October 7 in Mefalsim after escaping the rave, her body was taken to Gaza) DECEASED, body found in a tunnel under the carpet of a Palestinian civilian’s home in Jabaliya refugee camp May 17
• Itzhak Gelerenter (m, 53, murdered October 7 in Mefalsim after escaping the rave, his body was taken to Gaza) DECEASED, body found in a tunnel under the carpet of a Palestinian civilian’s home in Jabaliya refugee camp May 17
• Elad Katzir (47, taken from his home in Nir Oz, along with his mother Hana, who was released alive on November 24) DECEASED, killed in captivity, body found in Gaza and returned to Israel April 5
• Tal Haimi (m, 41, from Nir Yitzhak, father of three children: nine-year-old twins and a six-year-old boy) DECEASED, reported December 13 as killed in captivity
• Cpl. Nik Beizer (m, 19, taken from IDF’s Gaza District Coordination and Liaison, which helps Gazans receive provisions through the Erez Crossing) DECEASED, body returned to Israel December 15
• Sgt. Ron Sherman (m, 19, from Lehavim, taken from military base near Gaza) DECEASED, body returned to Israel December 15
• Samer Fuad El-Talalka (22, taken from Nir Am kibbutz) DECEASED, mistakenly killed by IDF ground forces December 15
• Noa Marciano (f, 19, from Modi’in, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps) DECEASED, body found near Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza
• Ziv Dado (m, 36, logistics supervisor in the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion Ziv Dado) DECEASED, body retrieved from Gaza December 12
• Itai Svirsky (38, from Tel Aviv, taken while visiting his family in Kibbutz Be’eri; his parents were murdered) DECEASED in January, killed in captivity, his body remains in Gaza
• Yehudit (Judith) Waiss (65, taken from her home in Be’eri) DECEASED, body found near Al-Shifa hospital November 16
• Sahar Baruch (24, taken from his home in Be’eri, his brother, Idan, was murdered in the attack) DECEASED, killed by Hamas in Gaza
• Yotam Haim (28, taken from his home in Kfar Azza) DECEASED, mistakenly killed by IDF ground forces December 15
• Alon Lulu Shamriz (26, taken from his home in Kfar Azza) DECEASED, mistakenly killed by IDF ground forces December 15
• Ronan Engel (54, taken from his home in Nir Oz with his family below) DECEASED, died in captivity
• Elia Toledano (m, 27, from Tel Aviv, taken from rave) DECEASED, body returned to Israel December 15
• Ofir Tzarfati (m, 27, from Kiryat Biyalik, taken from rave) DECEASED, body found and identified by Israeli forces
• Eden Zach-Zacharia (f, 28, shot and abducted from rave) DECEASED, body recovered from Gaza December 12
• Clemence Felix Mtenga (m, 22, student from Tanzania, taken from Nahal Oz) DECEASED
• Eliyahu (Churchill) Margalit (75, taken along with his daughter Nili) DECEASED, died in captivity
• Arye Zalmanovich (85, taken from his home in Nir Oz) DECEASED, died in captivity

Pray also for the salvation and healing of the families of those who died in the October 7 massacre and whose bodies were taken to Gaza:

• American-Israeli soldier, Itay Chen, m, 19, previously believed taken alive, died defending civilians October 7. His remains were returned to Israel November 4, 2025.
• Inbar Haiman (f, 27, a visual communications student from Haifa, was murdered by terrorists at the Nova music festival near Re’im on October 7, 2023, and her body was abducted to Gaza. Her death was officially declared in December 2023) Remains returned to Israel October 15, 2025
• Sgt. Maj. Muhammad el-Atrash (m, 39, a father of 13 from Sa’wa, served as a tracker in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade. It was not until June 2024 that the IDF revealed, based on findings and new intelligence, that he had been killed while battling Hamas terrorists in the area of Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, and his body taken to Gaza) Remains returned to Israel October 15, 2025
• Uriel Baruch (m, 35, construction worker and father of two sons. He was killed October 7 at the Nova festival, and his body was taken to Gaza) Remains returned to Israel October 14, 2025
• Cptn. Daniel Perez (m, 22, South African immigrant killed during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, while serving as a tank commander. His body was taken to Gaza, and returned to Israel October 14, 2025
• Col. Asa Hamami, 40, died October 7. His body was taken to Gaza, and on November 2, it was returned to Israel.
• Staff Sgt. Oz Daniel, 19, died October 7. His body was taken to Gaza, and on November 2, it was returned to Israel.
• Ben Binyamin Cohen (m. 27, from Beit Hashmonai, murdered October 7, while trying to free the Supernova music festival massacre.)
• Idan Shtivi m, 28, environmental sciences student in Tel Aviv, was killed October 7, at the Nova music festival, as he helped rescue others. His body was taken to Gaza, and found by the IDF in August 2025. 
• Evidence that Ilan Weiss (m, 56), died defending Be’eri kibbutz was found in January 2024, 87 days after his October 7 murder by Hamas terrorists, who took his body to Gaza. His remains were found in an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in August 2025. Ilan’s wife, Shiri, 54, and daughter, Noga, 19, were taken hostage, but released in November 2023. His other two daughters, Meytal and Maayan hid from Hamas during the massacre and were rescued by Israeli soldiers.
• Yonatan Samerano, 21, a DJ from Tel Aviv, was killed by Hamas militants as he fled the Nova music festival. His family claims an employee of the United Nations’ main agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, helped abduct his body, which the IDF recovered June 21, 2025.
• Ofra Keidar, 71, from the kibbutz Be’eri, a wife and mother of three, was killed by Hamas In the October 7, 2023, attack. Her body was taken to Gaza. IDF recovered her remains June 21, 2025. Her husband, Shmuel “Sami” Keidar was also killed in Hamas’ attack.
• Shay Levinson, 19, German-Israeli soldier and tank commander, died in combat on October 7, and his body was taken to Gaza by Hamas. IDF recovered his remains on June 21, 2025.
• Yair Yaakov, m, 59, presumed taken from his home in Nir Oz with his sons Yagil, 12, and Or, 16, who were released November 27, and his girlfriend, Meirav Tal, who was released November 28, actually died October 7. His body was recovered from Khan Younis in June 2025.
• Gad Haggai, 73, and Judy Weinstein, 70, a US-Canadian-Israeli husband and wife previously believed to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, were actually murdered on October 7 and their bodies taken to Gaza (confirmed late December 2023). Their bodies were recovered by the IDF around June 5, 2025.
• Omer Neutra (American, Israeli soldier, grandson of Holocaust survivors, m, 22), body returned to Israel November 2, 2025.
• Maya Goren, 56, a kindergarten teacher, was killed in Nir Oz. Her body was taken to Gaza, found by the IDF in Khan Younis and returned to Israel July 24, 2024. Maya’s husband Avner Goren was also killed October 7.
• Ravid Katz, 51, was killed October 7 at his home in Nir Oz. His body was taken to Gaza by Hamas, found by the IDF in Khan Younis and returned to Israel July 24. Ravid was the brother of Doron Katz-Asher, who was released November 24, along with her daughters Raz, 5, and Aviv, 2.
• The body of Oren Goldin, 33, a mechanic for Nir Oz, killed October 7 and taken to Gaza, was found by the IDF in Khan Younis and returned to Israel July 24, 2024.
• Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, m, 20, a signals soldier for the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade chief, from Lehavim, died fighting Hamas on October 7 near Kibbutz Nirim. His body was taken to Gaza, found by the IDF in Khan Younis and returned to Israel July 24, 2024.
• The body of Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, killed October 7 and taken to Gaza, was found by the IDF in Khan Younis and returned to Israel July 24, 2024.
• Vivian Silver, a Canadian-born peace activist formerly believed to have been taken hostage from her home in Be’eri, has now been confirmed dead in the October 7 massacre.
• The bodies of Carmela Dan (f, 80, mother-in-law of Ofer) and Noya Dan (f, 13, granddaughter of Carmela), previously believed to have been taken hostage, were found October 19 in the border region near Gaza.
• Roni Eshel (f, 19), one of the brave soldiers who announced the invasion to the IDF as it was happening and previously was believed missing, is now confirmed dead, killed that day, a few hours after her broadcast.
• The body of Dolev Yahod (m, 35), believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, was found and identified at Kibbutz Nir Oz June 2. The medic who left his home to save lives during the massacre was killed October 7.
• Sujith Nissanka, f, 48, a Sri Lankan caregiver working on Kibbutz Be’eri, was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
• Tamar Gutman, f, 27, presumed taken from outdoor rave near Re’im, now presumed dead, killed on October 7.
• Shifra Noy, f, 70, presumed abducted from her home, was killed October 7
• Sylvia Ohayon, f, 59, was murdered by Hamas terrorists in her home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.
• Tami Suchman, f, 76, was murdered on October 7 by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri.
• Lior Rudaeff, 61, community security squad in Nir Yitzhak, was murdered on 7 October and his body was abducted to Gaza.
• Dror Or, m, 48, Liam‘s uncle taken from Be’eri, killed October 7, body taken to Gaza
• Aviv Atzili (m, 49, presumed taken from Nir Oz, husband of Liat Beinin Atzili, the American-Israeli who worked as a tour guide for youth groups at a Holocaust remembrance center in Jerusalem and was released on November 29) was actually killed October 7.
• Ran Gvili (m, 24) was killed October 7, and his body taken to Gaza.
• Tu Saelee (Thai, m, 38; If this is Sae Lee Wong, he was murdered October 7)

Please comfort those in Israel who mourn the loss of loved ones. Heal both soldiers and victims who have been wounded. For the multitudes who have been terrorized, both in Israel and in Gaza, please touch them and speak to them in evident ways. Rescue them from nightmares, traumatic memories and panic attacks. Fight for them and keep them from further evil. Do it in a way that they know it is You. Whenever someone suffering from anxiety and trauma cries out You, answer them. Speak truth from Your Word and peace to their hearts, showing them Your plan of salvation. Lift the veil from their eyes and let them see You as You truly are. Lion of Judah, ROAR. Speak LIFE, TRUTH and SALVATION over Israel (97% unreached with the gospel) and Gaza (nearly 99% unreached) and everyone else caught up in this fight for land seen has “holy.” Bring a quick end to this war and a safe return to their families for every hostage. 

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