Freed Hostages Appeal to Trump: ‘Bring Them Home Again’

Freed hostages held an emotional press conference in English, urging President Donald Trump to intensify efforts to rescue those still in captivity.

Omer Shem Tov described enduring 505 days in Gaza “without freedom, without sunlight, with very little food and water, without basic necessities,” living “every moment in fear.”

He said, “I told him then, and I believe it with all my heart — he was sent by G-d to help save us. Because of his leadership, because he made hostages a real priority, I was able to come home to my family.”

Omer pleaded, “to do it again. Use every tool, with everything you have, bring the rest back. Every day matters. Every life matters. Even for those of us who made it home, the feeling can never be complete while others are still left behind.”

Naama Levy, a soldier kidnapped from Nahal Oz, described her captivity, recalling how she witnessed friends “brutally murdered before my very eyes” and was “dragged violently as the entire world watched, thrown into the back of a terrorist jeep, treated not as a human being, but as trophy.”

Naama praised Trump for accomplishing “what many thought was impossible,” calling him “a decisive and irreplaceable force saving lives.” She added: “The work is not yet done.”

American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel thanked Trump for prioritizing the hostage crisis “since day one” and recounted the horrors of captivity: “starvation, dehydration, relentless humiliation… trapped 130 feet underground in suffocating tunnels… acts of medieval torture that still haunt me.”

Keith said he constantly thinks of those still held, including Gali and Ziv Berman, IDF soldier Matan Angrest, and Omri Miran.

He urged Trump to “continue his commitment. Apply pressure. Restart negotiations immediately and secure a deal now, before it’s too late.”

Doron Steinbrecher, another freed hostage, credited Trump’s election and efforts for her release.

She recalled life “spent underground, trapped in the dark, suffocating tunnels with no daylight, no sense of time, no insurance I would survive another day.”

Doron said, “my heart is heavy, because 59 hostages remain in captivity, 59 families trapped in [an] endless cycle of hope and despair.” She appealed to Trump: “Please don’t stop. Continue to fight for them, just as you fought for me. Continue to be their voice, just as you gave me mine.”