10/7 Hostages Analyst Amit Segal JAN 27, 2026
AMIT SEGAL: From yellow to blue and white
It is still sinking in, after 844 days, the final hostage, Ran Gvili, is home
With the return of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul—taken during Operation Protective Edge in 2014—this marks the first time in 4,208 days that there are no Israeli hostages in Gaza.
As a reporter, my job is to make events clear—but a moment this large in the national consciousness resists encapsulation.
Let’s begin with the testimony of the commander of Operation Brave Heart, Lt. Col. Eliasaf Verman:
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