7 US hostages still held by Hamas terrorists as families plead for their release: 'this is urgent'

The parents of the American hostages who person been held by Hamas for astir 420 days are erstwhile again pleading with the U.S. and Israeli officials to amusement a consciousness of "urgency" successful securing their freedom.

Seven of the 101 hostages held successful Gaza are American, and their families, who volition erstwhile again beryllium done different Thanksgiving meal with an bare spot connected Thursday, are again urging that their merchandise beryllium prioritized.

"Our plea is that this is urgent, and I'm not definite we're seeing the consciousness of urgency," Orna Neutra, parent of Omer Neutra, who was 21 years aged erstwhile helium was abducted by Hamas connected Oct. 7, 2023, but who has since experienced 2 birthdays portion successful captivity, told Fox News Digital.

"There were information issues that needed to beryllium dealt with successful the north, with Hezbollah, with Iran. But astatine this point, the hostages – which are a superior warfare extremity for the Israelis – should beryllium the archetypal priority, and everything imaginable should beryllium done to get them out," she continued. "It's been precise frustrating for america to travel this quality rhythm to marque definite that they're not forgotten, to hold patiently, constantly, until different goals are achieved."

Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of U.S.-Israeli national Omer Neutra held hostage successful Gaza since the October 7 onslaught by Hamas, look connected arsenic the Israeli-American Council (IAC) hosts an lawsuit to motorboat "Hostage Square Chicago," an grounds featuring artworks by Israeli and American artists dedicated to the representation of the victims of October 7, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, successful Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024.  (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

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Orna, her hubby Ronen Neutra, on with the families of different hostages inactive successful Gaza person begun to question Netanyahu’s strategy for returning the hostages.

The Israeli premier curate has seen an expanding propulsion astatine location and overseas by those calling connected him to found a cease-fire with Hamas and unafraid the hostages’ release. 

Cease-fire negotiations person each but collapsed. And though the Biden administration continues to propulsion each sides to the array to extremity the warfare and unafraid the merchandise of the hostages, Israel's subject run to decision Hamas continues.

"It's highly . . . achy for america to spot however the clip is going by, and our lad is held successful those unspeakable conditions trying to survive," Omer’s begetter Ronen said. "The question is, what are we going to summation from a fewer much months of waiting with these conditions?"

An Israeli worker secures a passageway underneath Al Shifa Hospital successful Gaza City, amid the ongoing crushed cognition of the Israeli service against Palestinian Islamist radical Hamas, successful the bluish Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

Ultimately, arsenic Omer’s parents highlighted, portion IDF operations proceed successful Gaza the hostages stay successful danger.

"We saw what happened successful precocious August, erstwhile the IDF was getting excessively adjacent to the hostages, the terrorists got instructions to execute them," Orna said. "We saw six hostages executed successful 1 day, 1 of them, American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. And the conditions that they were held successful and the authorities successful which they were retrieved – they were emaciated, they were dehydrated, it doesn't permission a batch of country for imagination.

"They are successful horrible conditions, and they request to beryllium taken retired arsenic soon arsenic possible," she added. 

Materials recovered successful the passageway wherever the IDF recovered the bodies of six deceased hostages. (Courtesy of the Israeli Defense Forces)

Netanyahu has said his 2 superior goals successful the Gaza run are the demolition of Hamas and securing the instrumentality of the hostages. 

But pursuing the October decease of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar – a large warfare purpose for Netanyahu – subject operations did not cease, nor were ceasefire negotiations fervently pursued by Israel oregon Hamas.

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It is not lone the continued subject operations successful Gaza that person begun to frustrate the families of the hostages, but besides Israel’s accrued attraction successful Lebanon, which has near galore feeling that the hostages had been "sidelined."

An Israeli mates holding their nationalist emblem locomotion successful beforehand of graffiti calling for the merchandise of Israeli hostages held successful the Gaza Strip since the October 7 onslaught by Hamas militants successful confederate Israel, successful Jerusalem connected November 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles betwixt Israel and the Palestinian radical Hamas.  (GIL Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel and Lebanon connected Wednesday entered into a cease-fire just 2 months aft Jerusalem began its operations to oust Hezbollah, a determination that volition let citizens successful some countries to statesman returning to their homes adjacent the shared border. But contempt astir a year’s effort, nary specified woody has been secured successful Gaza. 

"I americium a spot disappointed that determination is nary transportation betwixt the Lebanon bid and the Gaza peace," Ruby Chen, begetter of Itay Chen, who was 19 and serving successful the IDF erstwhile helium was attacked and taken by Hamas terrorists, told Fox News Digital. "In Gaza, determination are people, U.S. citizens, that are astatine hazard and should travel out. 

"But let's person anticipation that this volition bring Israel into absorption connected this bid for the hostages, arsenic good arsenic the different planetary players that are doing the hostage deal," helium added. 

These are the American hostages who were taken by Hamas terrorists connected Oct. 7, 2023, and held successful Gaza. Only Hersh Goldberg-Polin (left) has been returned to Israel aft the IDF recovered him and different hostages killed by terrorists. Pictured adjacent to Hersh are Itay Chen, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Edan Alexander, Omer Neutra, Gadi Haggai and Judi Weinstein Haggai and Keith Siegel. (Fox News Photo)

In an code connected Wednesday, Biden championed the Israel-Lebanon cease-fire but said, "Now Hamas has a prime to make. Their lone mode retired is to merchandise the hostages, including American citizens which they hold, and, successful the process, bring an extremity to the fighting, which would marque imaginable a surge of humanitarian relief.  

"Over the coming days, the United States volition marque different propulsion with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others to execute a cease-fire successful Gaza with the hostages released and the extremity to the warfare without Hamas successful power," helium added. 

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Many clasp retired anticipation that adjacent if the Biden medication cannot unafraid the merchandise of the hostages earlier helium leaves bureau successful January, that the incoming Trump medication whitethorn bring a alteration to the negotiations and unafraid the hostages’ release. 

President-elect Donald Trump said from the run trail, "We privation our hostages back, and they amended beryllium backmost earlier I presume office, oregon you volition beryllium paying a precise large price."

Surrounded by different household members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 violent attacks successful Israel, Jonathan Dekel-Chen, begetter of Sagui Dekel-Chen, and Ruby Chen, begetter of Itay Chen, talk to reporters aft a gathering with President Biden astatine the White House connected Dec. 13, 2023. (Julia Nikhinson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump has not elaborate steps helium would instrumentality to unafraid the hostages' merchandise from the violent network, though connected Tuesday helium signed a memorandum of knowing that should alteration him to statesman accessing quality regarding the hostages – a process that traditionally happens weeks anterior to erstwhile Trump signed the document. 

While immoderate Republicans, including those whom Trump has tapped for apical jobs successful his administration, like Florida Sen.  Marco Rubio, person been successful connection with the hostage families, the president-elect has not yet made interaction with them, according to the parents of Omer and Itay.

Fox News Digital could not instantly scope Trump’s modulation squad to verify erstwhile the president-elect intends to scope retired to the families and commencement connected securing the hostages' release. 

Itay Chen, a 19-year-old U.S.-Israeli citizen, was connected progressive work successful a vessel portion connected Oct. 7. (Hostage Family Forum)

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The parents of Omer and Itay person said they volition proceed to marque definite that neither mundane citizens nor satellite leaders hide their children who are inactive held hostage. 

"I person my bare spot again this Thanksgiving," Ruby said successful notation to wherever his lad Itay should sit. "We would anticipation that U.S. citizens that recognize the calamity of having an bare seat astatine the array would follow that arsenic well. 

"We person Christmas [and Hanukkah] coming up, hopefully we volition person our Christmas occurrence arsenic well, and we'll beryllium capable to beryllium agreed arsenic household again and bring him home," Ruby added. 

The different American hostages inactive being held successful Gaza include Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Gadi Haggai, Judi Weinstein Haggai and Keith Siegel.