Israeli Hostages Reunite With Families After Two Years
After two years in captivity, Israeli hostages including Guy Gilboa-Dalal have reunited with their families. The emotional returns follow their capture during the Hamas attack on the Nova music festival in October 2023. Twenty hostages survived to return home.
Israeli hostages held by Hamas for two years have reunited with their families. The government released videos showing their first emotional meetings. Guy Gilboa-Dalal, now 24, attended the Nova music festival with his brother Gal when Hamas attacked. His brother said they last saw each other just before Hamas launched its first rocket attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. He escaped the armed men who stormed the festival, but Guy was kidnapped. In September 2025, Hamas released a video showing Guy held captive in Gaza City. The footage also showed him and another hostage traveling in a car. Now Guy Gilboa-Dalal and 19 other surviving hostages have returned to their families. The hostage situation reveals the ongoing human cost of this conflict. These reunions come after lengthy negotiations between the parties involved.