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Melania Trump Meets Freed Hostage Keith Siegel at White House

The meeting followed his 2025 release under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

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First lady Melania Trump holds hands with Aviva Siegel (right) as Keith Siegel (left) speaks during a meeting in the Blue Room of the White House on February 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. Keith Siegel, a U.S. citizen, was freed from Hamas captivity on February 1, 2025 after spending 484 days in captivity. Aviva Siegel was also held captive and released in November 2023.
First lady Melania Trump listens as freed American-Israeli Keith Siegel, who was abducted along with his partner Aviva by Hamas on October 7, 2023, speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 4, 2026.

Overview

  • The First Lady held a private White House meeting Wednesday with Keith Siegel and his wife, Aviva, who both survived Hamas captivity.
  • Keith Siegel was abducted during the October 7, 2023 attacks and freed in February 2025 after roughly 15 months in captivity as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
  • Melania Trump previously met Aviva in January 2025, a meeting she has described as a catalyst that helped lead to Keith’s liberation.
  • Keith and Aviva Siegel publicly thanked the First Lady and President Trump for support they say aided hostage releases and described the reunion as meaningful.
  • Footage of Melania’s earlier meeting with Aviva appears in the new documentary “Melania,” which opened last week with about $7 million in estimated ticket sales, and she told reporters the White House event was not a promotion.