India, Oct. 14 -- Israeli actor David Cunio, best known for his role in the Berlinale-premiering film Youth (2013), was among 20 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Monday amid the newly-brokered Gaza ceasefire, Variety reported. Cunio, 35, and his brother Ariel were kidnapped from the Nir Ozir kibbutz during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, which killed more than 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.

While David's wife, Sharon Aloni Cunio, and their twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, were freed in the first ceasefire deal in November 2023, David's fate had remained unknown until now. The release also includes 28 bodies of hostages who died in captivity. In exchange, Israel will release 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of the first...