Ad Policy Journalists gather for a demonstration during World Press Freedom Day in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on May 3, 2025. (Doaa Albaz / Anadolu via Getty Images) This article appears in the June 2025 ...

A former hostage fought for her own life in Gaza. A year on, she fights for her husband's freedom - Aviva Siegel has come to embody the disaster that befell Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 ...

World Press Freedom Day, which was marked on May 3, is a time when we deliver speeches, pledge solidarity, and commemorate journalism’s role in holding power to account. But in Gaza, the most ...

Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 ...

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has found circle-arrow ...

So she was in disbelief when freedom came on Nov. 26. But it came at a price: Her husband was to remain behind. Her parting words to him were, “Be strong for me,” and she promised to be strong ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has found herself begging for her husband to be set free from his own ...

So she was in disbelief when freedom came on Nov. 26. But it came at a price: Her husband was to remain behind. Her parting words to him were, “Be strong for me,” and she promised to be strong ...

Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, holds a poster of her husband, Keith, who is still in captivity, in Tel ...

A year on, she fights for her husband's freedom Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, poses for a portrait ...

So she was in disbelief when freedom came on Nov. 26. But it came at a price: Her husband was to remain behind. Her parting words to him were, “Be strong for me,” and she promised to be strong ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has found herself begging ...