‘Do everything to bring home the remaining hostages,’ former Gaza captive Sapir Cohen, who met with Trump, writes in open letter to the new president-elect.
An Israeli woman who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7th and held captive in the Gaza Strip for nearly two months before being released in last year’s hostage deal penned an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump, begging him to do “everything” possible to secure the release of the remaining hostages.
Sapir Cohen, a 29-year-old police officer, was abducted by terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7th, along with her boyfriend, Sasha Trufanov, Trufanov’s mother, and Trufanov’s grandmother.
Trufanov’s father, Vitaly, was murdered in the attack.
After 55 days in captivity, Cohen was released as part of the November 2023 hostage deal, while Trufanov’s mother and grandmother were freed as a goodwill gesture by Hamas to Russia.