The remaining hostages have become public figures in absentia, and by extension their loved ones have gained a sort of fame as well.
They have spoken at rallies in Israel and the United States, attended the State of the Union address, and traveled with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
I sit in a room with people I have seen only on TV and it is surreal, said Mr. Keshet, who also met with Hillary Clinton in Washington.
The families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip have spent 12 months in a kind of suspended animation, trapped in the amber of last Oct. 7.
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