This undated poster provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum show twins Gali Berman, left, and Ziv Berman, who were abducted from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, and taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: AP

But the war between Israel and Iran, and the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that halted 12 days of fighting, have sparked fresh hope that his brothers, Gali and Ziv, may finally return home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over his arch-foe Iran, but the war with a much smaller and stubborn adversary in Hamas drags on. And Netanyahu is facing renewed pressure to end it.