Washington D.C. – ABC News, February 05, 2025
Sagui Dekel-Chen’s third child was born following his capture by Hamas.
The father of an Israeli-American man who has been held hostage by Hamas since the group’s terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, says he is anxiously awaiting good news about his son’s release.
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, says the last update he has received about his son was in December 2023, and says the release of all remaining Israeli hostages is the “lynchpin for any better future” in Gaza.
“We are incredibly grateful to the Trump administration, to the team that’s working on this for those who have been released,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen told ABC News. “Over the course of the week, four members of my kibbutz, my small community, have been released, and that’s an incredible relief for us.”
