David Cunio, the Israeli actor kidnapped along with his wife and 3-year-old daughters during the Hamas terror attacks in 2023, is among 20 Israeli hostages released on Monday amid the Gaza ceasefire.

Cunio, who made his debut in the Berlinale-premiering feature film “Youth” in 2013 , has been held by Hamas alongside his brother Ariel Cunio for over two years.

They were kidnapped from Nir Oz , a kibbutz in Southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. On that day, Hamas militias killed more than 1,200 people and took a further 251 hostage.

While Cunio’s wife Sharon and twin daughters were released in the first ceasefire deal in November 2023, Cunio’s fate — along with that of dozens of other hostages including Nepalese citizen Bipin Joshi — remained unknown until today.

His abduction was the

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