His brothers’ keeper: Liran Berman calls for urgent action to save his brothers, Gali and Ziv, from Hamas

Liran Berman calls his brothers, Gali and Ziv, "the airy of each country [they] locomotion into." 

Twins Gali and Ziv were taken hostage from their location successful Kibbutz Kfar Aza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. He told Fox News Digital that it was fitting that they brought airy into each room, arsenic the 2 brothers were lighting technicians. 

While astir Israelis successful their 20s determination to the halfway of the state to unrecorded successful cities similar Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Gali and Ziv opted to enactment successful their family’s location successful confederate Israel. They wanted to assistance their parent attraction for their father, who is suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

Liran told Fox News Digital that his brothers were ripped from their beds portion sleeping precocious connected a Saturday during a vacation weekend.

Twins Gali and Ziv Berman were kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks and person been held hostage successful Gaza ever since. (The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

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The Berman brothers were kidnapped unneurotic from the kibbutz, but their household has since learned from released hostages that they were separated soon aft arriving successful Gaza. They are not the lone brothers who were separated. Iair Horn was freed from Hamas captivity successful February 2025 but had to permission his brother, Eitan, down successful Gaza.

"This is the longest they've been separated successful their full lives," Liran told Fox News Digital. Gali and Ziv were kidnapped on with Emily Damari, who was freed during the astir caller ceasefire deal. When helium spoke with Fox News Digital, Liran said helium had not had a accidental to speech to Emily since her release.

"Gali and Ziv person done thing incorrect to anyone. They are victims of a conflict," Liran told Fox News Digital.

The Berman household received signs of beingness aft Gali and Ziv had spent much than a twelvemonth successful Gaza. Prior to the confirmation, which has travel from freed hostages, Liran said his household "fought with the content that my brothers were alive." 

"It was a enactment of caller air, truly it’s, it’s — For much than a year, we fought with a content that they are inactive alive, thing more. Because for much than a twelvemonth we had accusation from November ‘23 and until precocious January ’25 we didn’t cognize anything," Liran told Fox News Digital. "It gave america strength. We person the cognition present that they are alive, not conscionable a belief."

Hamas hostage poster featuring Gali and Ziv Berman. (The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

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Liran believes that President Donald Trump has the powerfulness to unafraid his brothers’ release. He told Fox News Digital that Trump’s predetermination brought a "different atmosphere" to the negotiations.

"We are successful awe of what President Trump has done successful his abbreviated word this far, and we are inactive hopeful that with the existent medication we volition spot the remaining hostages, until the past one. Because that’s what they promised us. Until the past 1 volition beryllium home. It gives america a batch of strength," Liran told Fox News Digital. He besides described himself arsenic a "firm believer successful the Trump effect."

Hamas hostages Gali and Ziv Berman are shown anterior to their abduction connected Oct. 7, 2023. (The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

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When asked astir the renewed anti-Israel unrest connected U.S. assemblage campuses, Liran told Fox News Digital that helium wants those students to recognize that they are not truthful antithetic from Gali and Ziv. They are astir the aforesaid property and apt stock the aforesaid interests.

"I privation them to cognize that Gali and Ziv person their full lives up of them," Liran told Fox News Digital. "And I privation them to cognize that Gali and Ziv are missed by truthful galore people."