US EditionGaza Hostage Survivors Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen Announce Engagement
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen survived separate captivity by Hamas before reuniting and announcing their engagement, symbolizing resilience after months apart, officials said.
- Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen, who were kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, have revealed they are engaged while living in the United States.
- The couple’s kidnapping occurred amid an assault that killed Sasha’s father, Vitaly, and led to the capture of his mother, grandmother, and Sapir, who was released after 54 days in November 2023 while Sasha remained captive until February 2025.
- Troufanov endured 498 days in captivity held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, while Sapir faced trauma and separation but later reunited with Sasha after his release.
- Sapir revealed that during his time in captivity, Sasha hoped she would move on and find love with someone else, expressing his own hopelessness, while she expressed that building a family was very important to her but felt stalled by the ordeal.
- Their engagement nearly five months after Sasha’s release symbolizes resilience and offers hope for healing, although the couple has not announced a wedding date.
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Jerusalem Post
Gaza hostage survivors Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen announce engagement
In the months leading up to their engagement, the couple reunited after Troufanov was released from captivity after 498 days held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Columbus Jewish News
WINFormer hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza get engaged
Alexander (“Sasha”) Troufanov, 29, and Sapir Cohen, 30, were abducted by Palestinian terrorists during invasion in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.The post Former hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza get engaged appeared first on JNS.org.
After separation in Hamas captivity, former hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen
Troufanov, who spent 498 days in captivity, was freed as part of the most recent hostage deal; Cohen, abducted with him from his family's home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, was released in November 2023 along with Troufanov’s mother, Yelena, and grandmother, Irina
After surviving Gaza captivity: Former hostages get engaged
Former Gaza hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen have announced their engagement in the United States, where they are currently residing. The couple was kidnapped together by Hamas during the October 7 attacks from Kibbutz Nir-Oz but endured separation throughout their captivity – Sapir gained freedom in the first hostage deal after 54 days, while Sasha remained captive until his release this past January. That tragic Saturday brought softwa…
Two former Israeli hostages are engaged to get married - Defend Jerusalem
Former Hamas captivity survivors Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen announced that they will be getting married. By Rachel Avraham Hamas captivity survivors Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen on Wednesday announced their engagement, marking a deeply emotional milestone in their journey since being abducted by Gazan terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, Arutz Sheva reported. According to a recent report in Yedioth Achronot, five months after b…
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