10.17.25 -- Behold Israel, Weekly Newsletter 

“20 Brave Men Released by Hamas Need Prayer for Recovery” 

By Amir Tsarfati

Excerpts from this article (dated 10.14.25): https://mailchi.mp/983f8cee8b44/newsletter22025-11467796?e=787d7aa529


Twenty men who somehow survived the beatings, the starvation, and whatever other brutalities the monsters of Hamas subjected them to…these men are now home. 


God is good. His name is to be praised. 

 

MEN WHO CAME HOME THIS PAST WEEKEND (numbers reflect age when taken):

  • Matan Angrest, 20, is an IDF soldier who was taken hostage from his tank unit at Nahal Oz. He has now been reunited with his family

 

  • Alon Ohel, 22, is a talented pianist who arrived at the Nova festival about an hour before Hamas attacked. His family placed a yellow piano in the Hostages Plaza in Tel Aviv for people to play to help boost hope. Alon will now have the opportunity to play that piano himself

 

  • Omri Miran, 46, was taken captive from Kibbutz Nahal Oz and has now been reunited with his wife and young daughters whom the terrorists miraculously decided to leave at home

 

  • Eitan Mor, 23, was a security guard at Nova and was last seen in a large field trying to usher others to safety. He has now been reunited with his family

 

  • Guy Gilboa-Dilal, 22, had gone with his older brother, Gal, and friends to the Nova festival. When the attack happened, he and Gal split up in their attempt to escape. Gal got away, but Guy was taken. They are now reunited, along with the rest of the family

 

  • Gali Berman, 26, was taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a site especially hard hit. He was taken with his twin brother, Ziv, from the “young generation” neighborhood in which nearly a third of the residents were slaughtered and seven were kidnapped. Gali is now home with his family

 

  • Ziv Berman, 26, was abducted with twin brother, Gali. For ten days, their family didn’t know if they were alive or dead. Ziv and brother, Gali, are now back home

 

  • Elkana Bohbot, 34, who was at the Nova Music Festival is now home with his wife and three-year-old son

 

  • Avinatan Or, 30, was taken with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani, from Nova. Argamani was rescued from Gaza in June 2024, and Or has now reunited with her

 

  • Yosef-Haim Ohana, 23, was taken after delaying his escape to try to help fellow festival-goers

 

  • Evyatar David, 23, was taken from Nova and had been videoed just two months ago as Hamas forced him to dig his own grave

 

  • Rom Braslavski, 19, was working as a security guard at Nova and was able to save several people from capture before being wounded in his hands and captured

 

  • Segev Kalfon, 25, was fleeing Nova when he was captured and stolen away

 

  • Nimrod Cohen, 19, was at Nahal Oz when he was taken by terrorists to Gaza

 

  • Maxim Herkin, 35, decided at the last minute to go to the rave at Nova. When he was taken, he left behind his mother, preteen brother, and baby daughter, all of whom he was provider for

 

  • Eitan Horn, 37, was visiting his brother, Iair, at Kibbutz Nir Oz when both were kidnapped to Gaza. Iair was released in February 2025, and Eitan is now reunited with him and the rest of his family

 

  • Matan Zangauker, 24, was taken with his girlfriend, Ilana Gritzewsky, from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Ilana was released in November 2023, and Matan is now reunited with her and with his family

 

  • Bar Kuperstein, 22, was part of the Nova staff and stayed to take care of the injured at the festival. The last he was seen was in a video in which he was tied up on the ground. He is now home with his family

 

  • David Cunio, 34, was taken with his wife, Sharon, and three-year-old twin daughters, along with other family members, from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. His family was released in November 2023, and he has finally now joined them

 

  • Ariel Cunio, 34, is the twin brother of David and was also taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his girlfriend Arbel Yehoud, whose brother, Dolev, was killed by the terrorists. Ariel and David were held separately throughout their confinement, but they have now been reunited, as have Ariel and Arbel, who was released in January 2025.

 

MUCH PRAYER NEEDED


My [Amir Tsarfati] goal today was to update you on the agreement and then give you some insight as to why we were so determined to return home these remaining hostages. 


They each have an uphill road ahead of them after more than two years in a brutal captivity. 


Use the list that I have provided to you to pray for these men and their families. 


Ask God to give them peace, comfort, and hope. 


Most of all, ask that their eyes are opened to the real truth [the Bible] that comes from Someone [Jesus Christ] who loves them more than they can imagine.

 

THE DEAL


President Donald Trump presented a 20-point plan for ending the war in Gaza. 


If you would like the points of the plan, I would direct you to the X link that the White House website provides. 


The two most essential provisions for all Israelis were found in points four and five of the plan, which called for all hostages, living and deceased, to be returned within 72 hours. 


In exchange, Israel would release 1950 Palestinian convicts, plus the remains of 15 deceased Gazans for every deceased Israeli. 


Is it imbalanced? Of course. 


But those of us in Israel are used to that because we love our people to a degree that is far greater than our disdain for our enemies. 


Hamas, on the other hand, hates Israel much more than they love their own children, which is why they keep sending them to blow themselves up in our country, celebrating their murder/suicide progeny as martyrs.

 

TRUMP RIGHTFULLY LAUDED BY ISRAEL


And because it was President Donald Trump who was the key figure in brokering the deal, he is being lauded in Israel as a hero. 


This past weekend, when he flew to Israel, he was greeted with signs and banners all over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem thanking him for his efforts. 


After a meeting with President Isaac Herzog, during which he was given the President’s Medal which is the highest civilian decoration in Israel, and a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who gave to him a golden dove of peace, Trump went to the Knesset.


When he was introduced, he received the longest standing ovation ever given in the Israeli parliament.


Netanyahu was the first to speak, and he said, “President Donald Trump is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.” 


Then, looking ahead, he added, “We made the Abraham Accords, and we will do it again.” 


After the prime minister was done, Trump took the podium and appeared to be as comfortable speaking there as he would have been at a campaign rally. 


He took time to praise Netanyahu, the IDF soldiers, and the chief of staff. 


Of the deal, Trump said, “When the dust settles and the smoke clears, a brighter and better future emerges.” 


All in all, it was a time that will go down in the annals of the Knesset for its joy and its celebration of American-Israeli friendship.


If Hamas backs out from this deal, it will not go well for them. 


President Trump emphasized the necessity of follow-through, saying, “Either Hamas will disarm or we will disarm them. It will happen quickly and maybe violently, but they will be disarmed.”


Prime Minister Netanyahu added, “The conditions of the 20-point plan are very clear. It’s not only that we get the hostages out, it’s also about disarming and demilitarization…. If the second part is not implemented peacefully, I heard President Trump say that the gates of hell will open.” 


Obviously, Bibi has learned the fine art of speaking softly and carrying a big White House.


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