18 months after 7 October, Israeli society is still stuck in its hostage nightmare.

After years of war between the gods, a truce is sealed through an exchange of hostages. 

Alon is trying to get his sister released who has been held hostage by Hamas since 7 October 2023.

On 19 January 2025, three Israeli hostages were exchanged for 90 Palestinian detainees, most of them women.

Five survivors tell their story of the massacre that killed 364 Israeli civilians.

Hamas and Israel have still not reached agreement on a new hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

With its favourable climate and its strategic location on the Black Sea, Crimea has always been a zone of contention.