Hagar Brodutch, held captive for 51 days, believed her husband Avichai was murdered in Hamas attack on Kfar Aza after being shot

Following Hamas's criminal invasion of southern Israel, brave men and women have stepped up to defend their homeland, with scores sacrificing their lives in the process; these are their names

Jibril Rajoub tells Egyptian media October 7 massacre part of Palestinian people's 'defensive war' against Israeli aggression

Uncle shares children learning of mother's death upon return was traumatic, say they were held with another female captive and had kept a journal, but were forbidden to take it with them

More than 7 weeks after the Hamas massacre, Nir Oz resident family finds out that Ravid Katz was murdered on October 7; Ravid left behind a wife and three children; 'Great Zionist that loved the country'

Eitan Yahalomi's aunt said that he 'experienced horrors' in the Gaza Strip: "All the Gazans beat him. We are talking about a 12-year-old boy'; The father of 9-year-old Emily Hand: "She still whispers, because they were forbidden to make noise. We told her that her mother was murdered, it was difficult'

Mia Leimberg, 17, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak is one of the released hostages, as seen in a photo published by the terrorist organization; she is seen in the photo holding her dog, which also disappeared from the kibbutz on October 7

Karina Engel-Bart and her daughters Mika, 18, and Yuval, 11, are out of Gaza - Yuval came out on a wheelchair but 'she is now standing on her feet and walking,' says her Uncle Danny, whose brother Ronen was left behind