{"id":286426,"date":"2025-10-12T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-didnt-know-if-they-were-alive-hostage-twins-second-mum-on-hope-for-their-return-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:05:09","slug":"we-didnt-know-if-they-were-alive-hostage-twins-second-mum-on-hope-for-their-return-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-didnt-know-if-they-were-alive-hostage-twins-second-mum-on-hope-for-their-return-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We didn&#8217;t know if they were alive&#8217;: Hostage twins &#8216;Second mum&#8217; on hope for their return | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tWrm_8mtxZs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'We didn't know if they were alive': Hostage twins 'Second mum' on hope for their return | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tWrm_8mtxZs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For Orit Zadiktevitch, the last two years have been hell.<\/p>\n<p> On October 7, two of her son\u2019s best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman, who were so close to the family they considered Orit their second mother, were taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The only proof of life came 18 months into their captivity, when another returning hostage said he had seen them, but many months before his release. <\/p>\n<p>Now Orit and other members of Kibbutz Kfar Aza are preparing to welcome the 28-year-olds home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Orit Zadiktevitch, the last two years have been hell. 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