America’s missing seven: One year after the October 7 massacre, President Biden did NOT name the US citizens STILL held hostage by Hamas. So, here are their stories…

Flanked by the First Lady, President Joe Biden bowed his head as a rabbi sang a Hebrew prayer for the deceased at the White House on Monday.

The somber ceremony marked one year since Hamas terrorists crossed the Israeli border and carried out the deadliest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust.

President Biden left the event Monday without saying a word, but his administration did release a statement.

It acknowledged that 46 American citizens were among the 1,200 innocent people killed by Hamas that day – and that another 12 were taken hostage.

It is believed that four Americans are still being held by the terrorists in Gaza as of October 7, 2024.

Three more U.S. citizen hostages are believed dead. Their bodies have not yet been recovered.

These are the stories of the missing.

Omer Neutra, 22

Omer Neutra’s parents, Orna and Ronen, moved from Israel to the US in 1999. He was born in New York City, making him a dual American-Israeli citizen.

Omer grew up in Plainview on Long Island, New York, captained his high school volleyball, football and basketball teams and became a passionate fan of the NBA’s New York Knicks.

After graduating high school and before attending Binghamton University in New York, he decided to spend a gap year in Israel.

But after the COVID pandemic forced him to return home in 2020, he told his parents he wanted to stay and enlist in the Israeli army.

On October 7, Omer, now 22, was serving as a tank commander at a base near the Gaza Strip when he was taken hostage. Grainy footage reportedly shot that day shows him being pulled from a tank by Hamas gunmen.

Omer Neutra, 22, grew up in Long Island, New York, and holds dual American-Israeli citizenship. He was a fan of the Knicks and the captain of his high school basketball team.

His parents, Ronen and Orna, were devastated by the kidnapping of their son, who was arrested just hours after he spoke to them about his upcoming birthday.

Neutra’s parents have told how they spoke to their son about his upcoming birthday just hours before his capture.

Now, a year later, his father asks how and if he will ever get home. “Is it in body bags? Is it in three years?’ Ronen Neutra said last week.

Edan Alexander, 20

Edan Alexander, 20, grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City.

His parents moved to the US from Israel when he was a baby. He grew up speaking Hebrew at home and traveled to Israel every summer to visit family.

Otherwise he was a typical American child; a Knicks fan and a champion swimmer for his high school team.

Edan’s parents said they were surprised when he told them during his senior year of high school that he wanted to postpone his studies to serve in the Israeli army, but they supported him.

In Israel he was assigned to a small outpost on the Gaza border. Edan, then 19, was on patrol in a kibbutz on October 7 when he was captured.

He called his mother, Yael, shortly after the seizures started.

“I said to him at the end of the conversation, ‘Listen to me, Edan. I’m here. I’m with you. I love you. Just protect yourself. Just be safe,” she said. “And that’s it, we hang up. I didn’t know I wouldn’t hear from him again.’

Five days later, Edan’s parents were told he had been kidnapped.

Israeli hostages released by Hamas have said they saw Edan in the tunnels under Gaza.

Edan Alexander, 20, grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. His parents moved to the US from Israel when he was a baby and he grew up speaking Hebrew at home and often returned for visits.

“I said to him at the end of the conversation, ‘Listen to me, Edan. I’m here. I’m with you. I love you. Just protect yourself. Just be safe,” said Edan’s mother Yael (above). “And that’s it, we hang up. I didn’t know I wouldn’t hear from him again.’

Keith Siegel, 65

Keith Siegel, 65, moved to Israel from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 40 years ago.

There he met and fell in love with his wife Aviva, a kindergarten teacher from South Africa.

They lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, close to the Gaza border, where Keith worked as an occupational therapist.

They had four children together and are now devoted grandparents of five.

Keith and Aviva were at home when they were taken hostage on October 7 and taken to Gaza along with their neighbor and her two children.

They were held in tunnels and apartments and constantly moved until Aviva was released on November 26 in a deal that saw more than 100 women, children and non-Israeli citizens return to Israel.

Now Aviva is very concerned about Keith’s health. She said his ribs were broken when they were captured and he had a gunshot wound to his hand.

In April, Hamas released a video of Keith in captivity, but Aviva cannot bring herself to watch it.

In April, Hamas released a video of Keith in captivity, but Aviva cannot bring herself to watch it.

Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36

Sagui Dekel-Chen spent his 36th birthday in captivity in Gaza on August 11.

He was working in his machine shop 200 meters from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 when Hamas terrorists entered the town.

Sagui managed to warn his neighbors by text message and then fled to a bomb shelter with his pregnant wife Avital and their two young daughters.

He then confronted the terrorists.

Sagui is the grandson of Holocaust survivors.

His parents grew up in the US but moved to Israel, where he was born. In 1997, they returned to the US and lived in the Boston area, where he completed high school.

Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, was working in his machine shop 200 meters from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 when Hamas terrorists invaded the town.

He and his wife moved back to Israel when he was hired by a charity to be their project coordinator.

It is believed that Sagui was captured while trying to defend his home.

In December, Avital gave birth to their third daughter.

PRESUMED DEAD

Itay Chen, 19

Itay Chen, 19, grew up in the Israeli city of Netanya, but his family often returned to his hometown, New York City.

He is the second of three sons, a former Boy Scout and basketball player, who enjoys hiking and music.

He was serving at the Gaza border on October 7 when he was killed by Hamas terrorists, who took his body to Gaza, according to the IDF.

Itay Chen, 19, was serving at the Gaza border on October 7 when he was killed by Hamas terrorists.

However, Itay’s family refuses to believe that he is gone.

‘With so much misinformation circulating around this conflict, we still don’t know what to believe. We wonder if he survived. We hope Itay is still alive,” his parents wrote Ruby and Hagit Chen in an October 7, 2024 article for MSNBC.

They have said they expect the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Biden to do “everything in their power” to bring their son home.

Judith Weinstein, 70, and Gadi Haggai, 73

Judith Weinstein, 70, is from New York State and moved to Israel 30 years ago.

Judith Weinstein, 70, and Gadi Haggai, 73, were on their usual morning walk together on October 7 when they were ambushed by armed Hamas militants.

Her husband Gadi Haggai, 73, is an Israeli-American retired chef and jazz musician.

She taught English to children with special needs and helped young people suffering from anxiety and depression.

The pair were on their daily morning walk at Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border when they were ambushed by Hamas militants.

It is believed that both Gadi and Judith were shot and there are conflicting reports about where they died before their bodies were brought to Gaza.

Gadi and Judith have four children and seven grandchildren.

In December 2023, Judith’s 95-year-old mother said: ‘I am very scared and worried. I want to know if Judy is still alive and if she’s being held hostage. It’s unbearable not to know.’