{"id":19116,"date":"2025-04-07T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=19116"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T09:04:25","slug":"american-envoy-joins-israeli-hostage-survivors-to-demand-their-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/american-envoy-joins-israeli-hostage-survivors-to-demand-their-return\/","title":{"rendered":"American Envoy Joins Israeli Hostage Survivors to Demand Their Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Witkoff, the U.S. presidential envoy, met yesterday (Sunday) in the United States with former hostages and families of those still held in captivity. Among those present were Omer Shem Tov, Keith and Aviva Siegel, and Iair Horn\u2014all recently freed from Hamas captivity, with the exception of Aviva Siegel, who was released in the first hostage deal nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Witkoff\u2019s son, Alex, shared a photo from the meeting on social media platform X, writing that his father is deeply committed to the cause: \u201cMy father is fighting to bring every hostage home.\u201d He described the mission as one that has already achieved partial success and continues with real hope of returning every man and woman still held captive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Powerful evening with Steven Witkoff, former hostages Omer Shem Tov, Keith &amp; Aviva Siegel, Iair Horn, &amp; many family members of Hamas hostages. My father alongside President Trump helped secure the release of dozens of hostages &amp; is fighting for the safe return of every hostage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/art3zltrrS\">pic.twitter.com\/art3zltrrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Witkoff (@Alex_Witkoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alex_Witkoff\/status\/1909055391125651479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Protest and Prayer \u2013 Hostages First<br \/>\n<\/strong>Meanwhile in Israel, hostage families held a series of protests and prayer gatherings to mark a year and a half since October 7. A special prayer service was held outside the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence in Jerusalem, featuring testimonies and audio recordings from freed hostages. Demonstrations were also held outside the homes of various ministers, with signs reading, \u201cHistory will remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19119\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/witkoff12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/witkoff12.jpg 624w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/witkoff12-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests and Prayers | Photo: Hostages&#8217; Families Forum Headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cBring Them All Back\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Yuli Edelstein, spoke with the parents of captive soldier Itay Chen, who were protesting outside his home. They gave him a sticker with their son\u2019s image, which he placed on his car in solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>Families are urging leaders to advance negotiations to bring all the hostages home. \u201cFifty-nine people are still being held\u2014it\u2019s time to bring them all back,\u201d said the uncle of the late Tamir Adar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In both the United States and Israel, voices are rising to demand the return of the 59 hostages still held in Gaza: \u201cIt\u2019s time to bring everyone home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":19118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,88,65],"tags":[1477,1725,2658,1480,1514,2713,3676],"class_list":["post-19116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-will-remember","category-world","tag-hamas","tag-hostage-families","tag-hostage-negotiations","tag-israel","tag-october-7","tag-steve-witkoff","tag-u-s-israel-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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