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☆ Families of American hostages captured by Hamas turn to Donald Trump for new hope
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Mj Lee | Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —The families of US hostages captured by Hamas on October 7, 2023, remain in agony, waiting for any sign that their loved ones might finally come home to them. Now, more than a year into the Israel-Hamas conflict and on the heels of last week’s US presidential election, some of those families are turning to one man with renewed hope: President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking at the Republican National Convention over the summer, Trump said: “To the entire world, I tell you this: We want our hostages back. And they better be back before I assume office, or you will be paying a very big price.”The Biden administration has been pushing for months for a ceasefire and hostages release deal in the Israel-Hamas war. Those families have yet to meet with Trump or his running mate, JD Vance, according to Chen.

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He struggles with the sense that there is “no structure” to his days: “In most professions you can identify progress. Maybe he would come back and settle down with his girlfriend, the young woman he called “the one.”But when Chen learned that Itay was believed to be dead, his frame of mind shifted. It was the night he and his wife learned that their daughter, Liat Beinin Atzili, was free after more than 50 days in captivity. The day after Liat returned home to Israel, the Beinins learned that her husband — Yehuda’s son-in-law — was dead. “We both rejoiced and grieved, practically the same day,” Beinin said.

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☆ Gaza hostage families urge Trump and Harris to bring Americans home
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Matthew Chance | Yon Pomrenze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

We want to hear that both candidates understand and acknowledge there are seven Americans still in captivity, and that the US is fully committed to bringing them back,” Ronen Neutra, a US-Israeli dual citizen from New York, told CNN. His 22-year-old son, Omer, is a serving Israeli soldier and was abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attacks. His body is still being held by Hamas in Gaza. “We want to hear new ideas from both candidates and for them to commit to adopting a fresh approach to all the players,” Chen told CNN. Yon Pomrenze/CNNOver 100 hostages remain in Gaza today, as living conditions in the Palestinian enclave crumble under Israeli forces’ months-long siege.

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☆ Families of dead American hostages plead for the return of their bodies: ‘We can’t even mourn’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Weinstein Haggai and her three siblings did not participate but watched the recordings of the Zoom gatherings afterward. Three American hostages have been confirmed dead so far: Judi Weinstein Haggai, Gadi Haggai and Itay Chen, all dual Israel-American citizens. I need to make sure that they have a respectful burial; they’re laid to rest,” Weinstein Haggai said. After receiving the devastating news, the Chen family opened up their home for several days for family and friends to stop by. Like Chen, Weinstein Haggai is sickened by the idea of her parents’ bodies being stuck somewhere in Gaza.

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☆ U.S.-Israeli Citizen Itay Chen Was Killed in Oct. 7 Attack, Parents Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Gaya Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Itay Chen, a 19-year-old U.S. and Israeli citizen thought to have been a taken hostage on Oct. 7 was in fact killed that day, his parents said on Tuesday. The couple, Ruby and Hagit Chen, said that the Israeli military told them that it had intelligence indicating that their son, a service member, was killed while defending civilians on the border of Gaza during the Hamas-led invasion. A middle child, Mr. Chen said, Itay was multitalented and fun-loving, a Boy Scout who, played basketball and, like many young people, loved his PlayStation. Itay grew up in Israel, in the city of Netanya, just north of Tel Aviv, but his father said the family would frequently visit his own hometown, New York. “I want to take him back to Madison Square Garden.”

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☆ American families speak out about Hamas’ ‘psychological warfare’ as they call for loved ones held hostage to be released
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The family members were in Washington this week attending a roundtable with the House Foreign Affairs Committee and other meetings. “It’s really tough, it’s really tough,” said Orna Neutra, whose son Omer Neutra is being held hostage. “I think the fact that the families have come together, we each feel collectively that we have 240 new family members,” Chen said. On Wednesday, one American hostage was released, though it was not a member of the five families who spoke to CNN Wednesday. The family members spoke warmly of their relatives and the lives they led before being kidnapped October 7.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The last Omer Neutra's parents heard from him, he told them reassuringly that he anticipated a quiet weekend. They would later learn that their son, a dual Israeli-U.S. citizen, had been ambushed and pulled out of his tank. He was taken to Gaza, where he is believed to remain as a hostage more than 50 days later. The Israeli military said Wednesday that Hamas had begun releasing 12 hostages from captivity in Gaza, the sixth release of Israeli hostages under the cease-fire agreement. Several days later, two police officers knocked on their door to tell them that their son had been abducted by Hamas and was in Gaza.

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☆ The world is turning against Israel’s war in Gaza – and many Israelis don’t understand why
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The bands symbolize solidarity with the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. It’s a feeling that cuts across the deep divisions within Israeli society: the world does not understand us. In the early days after the Hamas terror attack, many of the hostages’ families were reluctant to criticize the government of Netanyahu. Public displays of solidarity with Gaza or criticism of Israel’s military response are few and far between. “This conflict (between Israel and the Palestinians) isn’t black and white, but this war (with Hamas) is,” he added.

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