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Agam Berger

Agam Berger is an Israeli soldier and violinist who was abducted from the Nahal Oz outpost on October 7, 2023 and held hostage in Gaza for 482 days.

born 2004482 days in Hamas captivityKeeping Jewish practice in captivityCampaigning for remaining hostagesViolin playing

Born: 23 August 2004, Holon
Occupation: violinist, musician

Agam Berger was born in 2004 in Holon

Agam Berger was born in 2004 in Holon. She grew up in a secular family with a twin sister, a brother and a younger sister. She started playing the violin at the age of 8.

At the start of her IDF service she was sent to Nahal Oz as a lookout instead of Kerem Shalom. During the attack of October 7, 2023, she was taken to Gaza with 6 other soldiers. A Hamas video showed her bloodied and in pajamas being led to a car.

In captivity she was moved between 22 houses, apartments and tunnels, and was held for most of the time with Liri Albag. She described threats and the abuse of other women held with her. She began keeping Shabbat and kosher, and avoided leavened bread on Passover.

She was freed in January 2025 under a ceasefire deal with Hamas, along with 7 other hostages. Afterward she campaigned for the remaining hostages, speaking in New York in May 2025 and meeting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris. She received a 130-year-old violin that belonged to a Holocaust victim and played at the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau.