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Celebrities Join Families of Female Hostages Held by Hamas to Demand Their Safe Return

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The remaining hostages include seven Americans, four of whom are presumed to be alive, according to the American Jewish Committee.

By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algemeiner

A total of 13 celebrities, social media activists, and other influential pro-Israel supporters advocated for the return of 13 women who have been held hostage by Hamas for 365 days since the deadly terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, in a new video released by The Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

In the video shared on social media as part of the #BringThemHomeNow movement, the 13 activists talk about the hostages, describing who they are, their personalities, and their hopes and dreams for the future.

The clip was published on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel, where Hamas-led terrorists murdered 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages, 97 of which remain in Hamas captivity.

The remaining hostages include seven Americans, four of whom are presumed to be alive, according to the American Jewish Committee.

The influential figures who participated in the video include media personality and television host Andy Cohen; “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedian Chloe Fineman; designer Rebecca Minkoff; Princess Noor Pahlavi, the daughter of the exiled Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi; artist Zoe Buckman, actresses Patricia Heaton, Debra Messing, Ginnifer Goodwin and Emmanuelle Chriqui; attorney and activist Elica Le Bon, and social media influencers Emily Austin, Adela Cojab Made and Baby Ariel.

The 13 female hostages still held captive by Hamas who are highlighted in the clip are Romi Gonen, 24; Naama Levy, 20; Liri Albag, 19; Ofra Keidar, 70; Shiri Bibas, 33; Inbar Hayman, 27; Emily Damari, 27; Karina Ariev, 20; Agam Berger, 20; Doron Steinbrecher, 31; Arbel Yehud, 29; Daniella Gilboa, 20; and Judy Weinstein Haggai, 70.

The video includes footage of some of the hostages that has been released either from their abduction on Oct. 7 or during their ongoing captivity.

It was announced in December that Hayman and Weinstein-Haggai were killed in Hamas captivity. Their bodies remain in Gaza. Weinstein-Haggai was an American-Canadian who immigrated to Israel in 1976. Her husband was killed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.

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