Israeli survivor Gal Gilboa-Dalal has led a life of pain and worry since Hamas militants took his younger brother Guy hostage from the music festival they attended together on October 7, 2023.

Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the face of his 23-year-old brother, he showed a photo of their final moments together before being separated during the attack.

Of the 1,218 people killed as a result of the October 7 attack, militants murdered more than 370 people at the Nova music festival, at which Guy Gilboa-Dalal was taken hostage.

"I constantly imagine our reunion," Gal Gilboa-Dalal told AFP.

"This moment felt closer than ever and unfortunately, it's drifting away from me again."

Guy Gilboa-Dalal had been attending the festival on the edge of the Gaza Strip with his childhood friend Evyatar David.

They were among the 44 people taken hostage from the site and remain captive in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

In late February, Hamas released a video showing........

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