Yair Yaakov, standing in back in a family photo, is the cousin of Ryan Pessah of Sacramento. Yaakov is believed to be a hostage in Gaza, as are Yaakov’s girlfriend and two sons, 12 and 16.

Yair Yaakov is the cousin of Ryan Pessah. Yaakov is believed to be a hostage in Gaza as well as his girlfriend and two sons. Courtesy Ryan Pessah ...

Yaniv Yaakov, whose brother, Yair Yaakov, nephews, Or and Yagil Yaakov, as well as his brother's girlfriend, Meirav Tal, were taken hostage from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel by ...

Yair Yaakov, his sons Or and Yagil Yaakov and longtime girlfriend, Meirav Tal, were taken hostage from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists. While Meirav Tal and ...

Meirav Tal, Yair Yaakov, and his two children aged 16 and 12 were taken hostage. Pessah said the teenagers, in a different bomb shelter, were on the phone with their mother when they were abducted.

Hell began for us when my wife and I called my brother, Yair Yaakov, during the first round of missile attacks the morning of Oct. 7, to check in on him; his girlfriend, Meirav Tal; and my two ...

The bodies of two deceased hostages were recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency announced Wednesday evening. Yair Yaakov ...

Israel’s military said Thursday that Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Israel identified them as Yair Yaakov, who was killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, ...

Netanyahu’s office identified the remains of one of the hostages recovered Wednesday as Yair Yaakov, who was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. The identity of the second hostage whose body ...

Pessah said all he can do being so far away from his family in Israel is stay positive that he will see his 59-year-old cousin Yair Yaakov once again.

The IDF is still operating in the Khan Yunis area. Along with Atzili, special forces retrieved the body of hostage Yair Yaakov on Wednesday. The information that made the operation possible came ...