Here’s what we know about the hostages released Tuesday
Ms. Marman, 63, a member of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, was taken hostage on Oct. 7, along with her partner, Luis Norberto Har, and three visiting relatives: a brother, Fernando Marman, 60; a sister, Gabriela Leimberg, 59; and Ms. Leimberg’s 17-year-old daughter, Mia Leimberg, a high school student living in Jerusalem.
Moshe Leimberg, Gabriela’s husband and Mia’s father, stayed home in Jerusalem that day because he had the flu.
In a message he posted on LinkedIn, Mr. Leimberg said as of Oct. 7 he had heard nothing from or about his wife and daughter. “Not a word, not an image,” he wrote. “They just disappeared, leaving behind a few scattered personal belongings, almost as if they never existed.”
Their absence, he said, “has left a gaping hole.”
Gabriela Leimberg is the manager of a daycare center for young adults with autism. The organization, the Shekel Association, has called for the family’s release.
Mia Leimberg, who is known for her singing voice, studied at Jersualem High School of the Arts and also worked at a bookstore, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum. The family dog was taken with the family; On Tuesday, videos on local news media showed Mia carrying a dog as she approached the International Committee of the Red Cross vehicles.
A banner hanging outside Mia’s high school reads, “We’re waiting for you to come back, Mia.”
Mr Har and Mr Marman are believed to still be in Gaza.
Ditza Heiman, 84
Ditza Heiman, 84, was one of the first members of Kibbutz Nir Oz and had spent her entire adult life on the kibbutz, her son, Gideon Heiman, told a press conference held by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum earlier this month.
Ms. Heiman, who worked as a social worker, retired just before she turned 80, Mr. Heiman said. “She spent her life helping people and taking care of people,” he said.
Ms. Heiman requires anticoagulation medication and has had a pulmonary embolism in the past, Dr. Sharon Kleitman, the general practitioner at Kibbutz Nir Oz, said at the same news conference.
“My mother is not a healthy woman and she needs medication,” Mr. Heiman said.
When the family tried to call Ms. Heiman on the day of the attack, someone answered and said, “It’s Hamas,” said her daughter, Neta Heiman. in a video posted by the forum.
“When I imagine my mother there, she’s taking care of everyone,” Ms. Heiman said in the video, adding, “That’s my mother. She will take care of everyone if she can. If only they would let her.”
“My mother and many of her friends in Kibbutz Nir Oz who were massacred were people of peace,” Neta Heiman said in a speech. op-ed in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, adding: “All my mother and her friends wanted was to live in peace in the little Eden they had built there in the desert.”
Tamar Metzger, 78
Tamar Metzger, 78, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with her husband, Yoram Metzger, on October 7, according to a report in the Times of Israel. The couple has three children and seven grandchildren.
She had worked at the kibbutz nursery and managed the store, but in recent years was a full-time grandmother and spent a lot of time caring for her grandchildren, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
According to the forum, Tamar has limited mobility and spends a lot of time on her balcony, where she reads, does crossword puzzles and smokes cigarettes.
Her husband is believed to remain in Gaza.
Noralin Babadila, 60
Noralin Babadila, 60, was visiting friends in Kibbutz Nirim on October 7 when terrorists attacked, killing her partner, Gideon Babani, and taking her hostage. The kibbutz celebrated the anniversary of its founding that weekend.
Ms. Babadila was born in the Philippines but lived in Yehud, a city in central Israel. She spoke to her brother by phone in the early morning of Oct. 7 and told him she was scared and might not return, the newspaper said. a report in The Times of Israel.
Ada Sagi, 75
Ada Sagi, 75, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, has taught Hebrew and Arabic, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum.
The child of Holocaust survivors from Poland, she moved to a kibbutz at age 18, according to The Associated Press.
She was preparing for a planned trip to London to visit her family and celebrate her 75th birthday when she was kidnapped on October 7.
Meirav Tal, 53
Meirav Tal, 53, her boyfriend, Yair Yaakov, and his children, Or, 16, and Yagil, 12, were all taken hostage by Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.
Both Or and Yagil were released on Monday, the fourth day of the ceasefire, as part of a group of eleven freed Israeli hostages.
Yair Yaakov is believed to remain in Gaza.
Rimon Kirsht, 36
Rimon Kirsht, 36, and her husband, Yagev Buchshtab, 34, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nirim on October 7.
The couple married two years ago, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, and had five dogs and five cats, most of which had been abused before being adopted.
Ms. Kirsht practices alternative medicine and reflexology, and has volunteered at Maslan, a support center for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in southern Israel.
Ms. Kirsht enjoys growing plants, adopting and raising animals and listening to music, preferring Israeli bands, Guns N’Roses and U2, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum.
Ms. Kirsht was included in a hostage video released by Hamas in late October. It is believed that Mr Buchshtab remains in Gaza.
Ofelia Adit Roitman77
Ofelia Roitman, 77, moved to Israel from Argentina in 1985, according to a Facebook post by the Hostages and Missing Persons Forum.
She lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz and has nine grandchildren.
Ms. Roitman was a teacher who taught first- and second-grade students for 20 years, her daughter, Natalie Madmaon, said in a video posted by the Israeli public broadcaster Kan.
Her family lost contact with her on October 7, Ms Madmaon said in the video.
According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, she worked in education on the kibbutz for many years.
Johnatan Reiss reporting contributed.