Tal Shoham, a former hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with his wife and two children as well as three other members of his family, and held in Gaza for 505 days, looks at a banner calling for his return, hung while he was still captive in Gaza, in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, September 15, 2025. A banner depicting Shoham’s father-in-law Avshalom Haran, who was killed on October 7, 2023, can also be seen. REUTERS/Amir Cohen