738 Days Held Hostage in Gaza: Maxim Herkin’s Story of Survival and Faith
Maxim went to the Nova Music Festival expecting to stay for just a few hours. He returned home 738 days later.
In this deeply personal interview, he recounts surviving the October 7, 2023 attack, being taken hostage by Hamas, and enduring more than two years in captivity in Gaza.
He shares what life was like in the houses and underground tunnels where he was held, how faith and prayer sustained him, and how seeing people campaign for the hostages gave him strength.
16 Oct 2026
Survivors of 7 October: 'My whole life was destroyed that day' Hanita Baram & Alon Tal from Kfar Aza
Three years ago, on October 7th, Hamas terrorists murdered 64 people in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where Hanita Baram and Alon Tal lived, and abducted 19 residents. Hanita lost her eldest son, and Alon lost several friends. Both survived the attack. They share their experiences of that day.
16 Oct 2026
The Battle for the Land: Judea, Samaria and Gaza
“You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria,” the Lord promised through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:5). The prophets foresaw a day when the scattered people of Israel would return to the hills of Judea and Samaria, and those mountains would “yield your fruit to My people Israel” (Ezekiel 36:8). This week’s update shows how fiercely that promise is contested.
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