{"id":19354,"date":"2025-04-09T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=19354"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:57:22","slug":"president-trump-embraces-hostage-survivors-on-stage-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/president-trump-embraces-hostage-survivors-on-stage-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Embraces Hostage Survivors on Stage Before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostage survivors Iair Horn, and Keith and Aviva Siegel took part last night (Tuesday into Wednesday) in the presidential dinner of the National Republican Congressional Committee, attended by President Donald Trump. During the event, President Trump invited the three to join him on stage and speak. The gathering drew more than 3,000 attendees, including many senior Republican Party officials.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to bringing home all 59 hostages\u2014both the living and the fallen\u2014and recalled conversations he had with the families of those killed, who asked him to help return their loved ones for burial in Israel. One especially emotional moment came when the president warmly embraced survivor Aviva Siegel on stage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d7\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d7\u05dd \u05de\u05d5\u05dc \u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd: \u05d8\u05e8\u05d0\u05de\u05e4 \u05d4\u05d6\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d0\u05d5\u05dd \u05d1\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d2\u05e8\u05e1 | \u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oDDuCift78?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Your Help We Will Bring Back the 59 Remaining Hostages<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a moving statement, survivor Keith Siegel said:<br \/>\n\u201cPresident Trump, you saved my life. You made the hostages your top priority and you brought us home. We owe you our lives. Please continue your incredible efforts and your actions, and with your help we will bring back the 59 remaining hostages still in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iair Is Here With Us While His Brother Is Still Underground<\/strong><br \/>\nAviva Siegel added:<br \/>\n\u201cWe need you to help bring everyone back. Iair is here with us, but his brother Eitan is still underground\u2014begging to be freed. I\u2019m pleading with you to help us. We need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Survivor Iair Horn also spoke about his brother Eitan, who is still being held by Hamas in Gaza:<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re marking Passover now, a time for family. I hope my younger brother Eitan will be able to sit with us at the Seder. 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