US Ambassador to Israel attends ceremony honoring Americans who were murdered on Oct. 7

"Together with their families, I pray their sacrifices were not in vain. May their memories be a blessing," said Mike Huckabee.

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

The United States’s Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attended a ceremony honoring Americans who were murdered on October 7, he announced on his social media in the early hours of Monday morning.

“This evening, I attended a moving ceremony to honor no less than 46 Americans murdered on October 7, and 23 dual US-Israeli citizens who have died fighting terrorism since,” he wrote. “Together with their families, I pray their sacrifices were not in vain. May their memories be a blessing.”

Huckabee met with the families of American citizen hostages

Huckabee met with the families of American citizens who are being held hostage by Hamas terrorists last week.

 WE ARE excited for US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s tenure to begin. Israelis were thrilled that his first official activity wasn’t political in nature. Ambassador Huckabee visited the Western Wall, where he placed a note from President Trump, praying for the peace of Israel, says the writer.  (credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)
WE ARE excited for US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s tenure to begin. Israelis were thrilled that his first official activity wasn’t political in nature. Ambassador Huckabee visited the Western Wall, where he placed a note from President Trump, praying for the peace of Israel, says the writer. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)

The ambassador said he “was deeply moved” by their stories, adding that “the anguish they have felt every day since October 7 is simply unimaginable.”

He stressed that the US has no higher priority than seeing all the hostages released.

“I will do everything in my power to ensure Edan Alexander is reunited with his family and that the four deceased Americans that Hamas continues to hold hostage are returned to their loved ones.”

The bodies of American Israelis Itay Chen, Judy Weinstein Haggai, Gadi Haggai, and Omer Neutra are still in the hands of Hamas.

While there was recently a sign of life from Edan Alexander in the form of a propaganda video, Hamas’s armed wing said that his fate was unknown after the terror group found the guard who had been holding the hostage killed.