A shocking love story has scattered joy, smiles and tears of emotion all over the Israelafter two former hostage Hamas eventually managed to get engaged, as the bloody attack of 7 October had postponed their common plans for the future.
THE Sasha Trufanov and the Sapir Cohentwo former hostage her Hamas They took the next step in their relationship After being engaged, with the news widely known in Israel, to the point that even the Israeli Foreign Ministry but also the Israeli embassy in Greece sent their wishes.
The couple posted a photo in which Sapir Cohen poses with the ring and with red roses, hugging her fiancée Sasa Trufanov, and They became viral in Israeli media and social media.
The couple managed to make their dream come true after tens of months of captivity in Hamas’ hands. Their story is shocking.
In the October 7th attack, Hamas armed fighters raided Kibbutch Nir Oz and captured Sasa Troufanov, his partner Sapir Cohen, as well as his mother and grandmother.
During the first temporary truce in November 2023, Hamas released the three women, but Trufanov was released after more 400 days of captivity, on 15 February 2025from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Indeed, Sapir Cohen had revealed that after her release, her partner confessed that for as long as she was held hostage, she prayed to find another man to love, because she believed she would never return alive.
«Glory to God I have the privilege of standing here today“, Sapir Cohen had said on February 17, 2025, the day of Trufanov’s liberation and with a trembling voice she admitted:
‘Last night (16.02.2025), Sasha told me that all this time [από τότε που πιάστηκε όμηρος στη Γάζα]prayed to find a man to love, prayed not to wait for him. He did not want to wait for a man who believed he would never return home. He didn’t think he would survive. “
The moment Sapir Cohen hugs Sasa Trufanov after his release from Hamas / IDF photo
Then, the young Israeli had stated that he could now fulfill his dreams before October 7, “Dreams I never believed in my life that I would have againthat is, to go home alive from captivity in Gaza and to hug Sasha again».
Their dreams eventually became a reality, and the two former hostages of Hamas live happy to gazing at the bright future that awaits them.