Say Their Names: Israeli Hostage Families Speak - CPAC in DC 2025

After Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on the Shabbat morning of October 7, 2023, many in America and around the world mourned with Israel. On February 20, 2025, two days after a Hamas spokesperson confirmed that Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, a mother and two children who had been taken captive by Hamas during the attack, had been killed, JD Vance had a message for the families of the hostages who have not yet come back home: “President Trump loves you. He hasn’t forgotten your loved ones.”

After Vance’s speech, CPAC attendees had the opportunity to hear from some of the hostages’ families themselves. 

“The people who were kidnapped from this festival had nothing to do with this conflict, nothing to do with this war,” said Gal Gilboa-Dalal, who was at the Nova Music Festival in Israel when Hamas terrorists kidnapped his brother. After the attacks began, Gilboa-Dalal’s brother went back from their place of shelter and has not been seen since.

“Everyone knew that my brother was taken but nobody told me so that I could focus on saving my own life,” Gilboa-Dalal said.

Adi Alexander’s son, Edan, is another one of the hostages, and in fact is the only remaining American-Israeli hostage. Alexander took to the CPAC stage to discuss his son’s ordeal and the hope that he still has.

“We have to push forward until everybody’s out,” Alexander said. “Then we will be done.”

Moshe Lavi’s brother-in-law, Omri Miran, was kidnapped and tortured by Hamas. “[Miran and the other hostages] were abused for hours,” Lavi recalled. “It was livestreamed on Facebook.” 

After Miran’s kidnapping, Lavi wanted to join the Israel Defense Force (IDF) to fight for Miran, but his sister, Miran’s wife Lishay, instead told him to fight for him another way: by speaking up.

“Since then, I’ve been her voice. I’ve been Omri’s voice. I’ve been every single hostage’s voice because they can’t speak from the dungeons of Hamas,” he said. 

Watch the full discussion on Rumble @CPAC.