Hostage David Cunio was recently seen alive in Gaza, relatives said Monday, after the family received word from a recently released captive, in the latest sign of hope regarding scores of remaining captives whose conditions remain largely unknown.

Cunio’s wife, Sharon Aloni Cunio, said the family had been encouraged by the news, though she and others expressed fears for the fates of David Cunio and other hostages marking their 500th day of captivity since being taken hostage during the Hamas terror group’s deadly rampage through southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

“We indeed received a sign of life. David is alive,” Aloni Cunio told Channel 12 news. “And that gives us so much strength and so much air to breathe. There is no way to describe how much happiness I’ve been feeling from the moment that we heard the news. It gives us renewed strength to fight until he is returned, until everybody is returned.”

Cunio, 34, was taken hostage from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the onslaught, along with Aloni Cunio, and their 3-year-old twin daughters, Yuli and Emma. Sharon’s sister, Danielle Aloni, 44, and her daughter, Emilia, 5, who were visiting them for the holiday weekend, were also kidnapped by terrorists who stormed their kibbutz home. Cunio’s brother Ariel Cunio was also taken captive, along with his girlfriend Arbel Yehoud.

Aloni Cunio, Aloni, and the three young girls were all released from........

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