After Trump brought him home, an Oct. 7 hostage family member tells his story
A year ago, my sister Lishay and I spent Oct. 7 doing what had become our routine for two years: speaking for her husband Omri Miran because he could not speak for himself. He was still in Gaza, 731 days into a captivity that would ultimately last seven more days. On Oct. 13, 2025, Omri finally came home.
TL;DR
- The author and his sister acted as the voice for his brother-in-law, Omri Miran, who was a hostage in Gaza for 738 days.
- Omri Miran was released on October 13, 2025, after over two years of captivity.
- The family engaged in advocacy efforts in New York and Washington D.C. to keep Omri's story and humanity present.
- Omri later addressed the European Parliament himself, stating, 'I am here because I survived and because people refused to forget me.'
- The article highlights the challenge of combating the abstraction of hostages into political categories.
- The author expresses gratitude to the Trump administration and its officials for their sustained engagement and efforts in securing the hostages' release.