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On Monday, after a long day that included speaking to 300 high school students at Hartman High School in Jerusalem, Shir posted on Instagram<\/em> seeking help from her followers.
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Screenshot from Shir Siegel\u2019s Instagram account
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\u201cI need your help,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTomorrow I\u2019m speaking at a women\u2019s leadership conference at Tel Aviv University, and I have no idea what to say. My head is pounding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most emotional video ever made about me<\/strong>
\nA few weeks ago, Shir\u2019s story was featured in a special session of “Rega Shel Chochma”, Rega News’s<\/em> storytelling platform that features videos with personal, and emotional testimonies from Israelis in times of crisis and resilience. In the video, she spoke candidly about her personal transformation since October 7 from feelings of fear, anger, and uncertainty, into a mission of advocacy and hope.<\/p>\n

After watching the video summarizing her journey, she wrote: \u201cI woke up to the most emotional video made about me since this all began. It captures my entire process and every emotion I\u2019ve gone through.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shir Siegel, daughter of former Hamas hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, continues to share her journey and advocacy work on behalf of hostages and their families through social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241,2276,85],"tags":[3411,3615,2786,3614],"class_list":["post-18517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-advocacy","category-people","category-positive-moment","tag-aviva-siegel","tag-hostage-survivors","tag-keith-siegel","tag-shir-siegel"],"yoast_head":"\nDaughter of Hostage Survivors, Turns to Followers for Help Writing Emotional Speech - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daughter of Hostage Survivors, Turns to Followers for Help Writing Emotional Speech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shir Siegel, daughter of former Hamas hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, continues to share her journey and advocacy work on behalf of hostages and their families through social media.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-01T09:31:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-01T09:33:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shir-Siegel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1148\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"917\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"Daughter of Hostage Survivors, Turns to Followers for Help Writing Emotional Speech\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-01T09:31:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-01T09:33:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shir-Siegel.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aviva Siegel\",\"Hostage Survivors\",\"Keith Siegel\",\"Shir Siegel`\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISRAEL ADVOCACY\",\"PEOPLE\",\"POSITIVE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/daughter-of-hostage-survivors-turns-to-followers-for-help-writing-emotional-speech\/\",\"name\":\"Daughter of Hostage Survivors, Turns to Followers for Help Writing Emotional Speech - 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