In the first weeks of the war, her mother expressed concern that Israeli military operations in Gaza could endanger the hostages.

Romi Gonen’s older sister, Yarden, he told The New York Times February that she regularly went to the square in Tel Aviv where the families of the hostages were watching.

“None of us are doing anything remotely related to our previous lives,” she said.

Emily Damari

Ms Damari, 27 at the time of her capture, is the only hostage with British citizenship still in custody. She was taken from her home to Kibbutz Kfar Azza in southern Israel and was saw a neighbor in his own car, driven by a militant, who was moving towards Gaza.

Ms. Damari grew up in Israel but traveled frequently to Britain, according to her mother, British-born Mandy Damari, who was in Israel in December to speak to officials and the media and plead for a hostage and cease-fire deal. She said that her daughter had been shot and that she feared for her life, speaking to the BBC that she welcomed President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threats that there would be “hell to pay” if no deal was reached by his inauguration.

Last January, in January, the hostage who was released from Gaza, Daphne Eliakimshe told Israeli news media that she and her younger sister were taken to Hamas underground tunnels, where they met other hostages, including Ms. Damari.

Ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks, Mandy Damari spoke at event in Hyde Park in London, where she described her daughter as a football fan who enjoyed a drink and had “a classic British sense of humour, with a bit of Israeli sass thrown in for good measure”.

Doron Steinbrecher

Ms. Steinbrecher, who was 30 years old when she was captured from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, is a veterinary nurse with Romanian and Israeli citizenship. According to Israeli news mediashe was in contact with her family in the kibbutz when the militants attacked, telling her parents that they broke her windows and shot into her room.

“They’re here, they’ve got me,” she said in a later voice message to friends.

Last January, Hamas released a video clip of Ms. Steinbrecher and two other prisoners, Danielle Gilboa and Karina Ariev, pleading for their release.

Last March, on her 31st birthday, Jewish News Syndicate published an interview with her mother, Simona Steinbrecher, who said that she looked pale and thin in the video. She said she was concerned that Ms. Steinbrecher was not getting the daily medication she needed, although she did not specify what it was.

“She’s a strong woman, but it’s horrible to be there,” said Simona Steinbrecher.