{"id":18907,"date":"2025-04-04T18:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=18907"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:49:56","slug":"international-stage-for-freed-hostage-as-shoham-speaks-at-un-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/international-stage-for-freed-hostage-as-shoham-speaks-at-un-in-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"International Stage for Freed Hostage as Shoham Speaks at UN in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful testimony from captivity will be heard today (Friday) at the United Nations in Vienna, as Tal Shoham\u2014an Austrian citizen and one of the hostages freed in the recent round of releases\u2014speaks publicly at an official event hosted by the UN institutions in the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Around 100 foreign ambassadors and diplomats<\/strong><br \/>\nShoham, who was held by Hamas for 50 days together with his wife and children\u2014Adi, Neveh, and Yahel\u2014will address an audience of approximately 100 ambassadors and foreign diplomats, alongside senior officials from various UN agencies. The event is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Israel time and will be broadcast live on the Twitter channel of Israel\u2019s mission to the UN institutions in Vienna.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18910\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18910 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/live2.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tal Shoham with Austria\u2019s Foreign Minister | Photo: BMEIA\/Gruber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event is an initiative of the Israeli Embassy in Austria and Israel\u2019s permanent mission to the UN agencies in Vienna. Joining Shoham is a delegation of three families of Israeli hostages and freed captives. Among the participants are the families of Guy Gilboa Dalal and David Evyatar, Shoham\u2019s childhood friends, who were also abducted by Hamas on what became known as \u201cBlack Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN center in Vienna is considered the third largest in the world, providing a highly significant platform for the voices of returned hostages to be heard by the international community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tal Shoham, a survivor of Hamas captivity, will address an audience of ambassadors, diplomats, and UN agency heads in Vienna. 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