In video appeals screened at the UN hearing: Survivors of captivity and relatives of abductees call for the release of their loved ones

Matan's mother recorded a video message to Matan's relatives in Gaza and to President Trump. "Hold on, you will get out of there and come back to us. We are all fighting for you." Tsengauker added, "The Israeli government must return all the boys who remain in Hamas captivity, otherwise the war will not end."

During the night, videos of captivity survivor Doron Steinbrecher, Nimrod Cohen's father, and Hadar Goldin's mother were shown at the UN Human Rights Council hearing: "My friends who remained in captivity are suffering unimaginably," Steinbrecher said.