Budd said Aviva told him the hostages were being given very little water and they weren’t allowed to turn over. “It was like 20 hours of lying in the same spot,” Budd said.

Budd said Aviva told him the hostages were being given very little water and they weren’t allowed to turn over. “It was like 20 hours of lying in the same spot,” Budd said.

Hamas in October captured Siegel and his wife Aviva. While Hamas continues to hold Keith Siegel, the group released Aviva Siegel during a temporary ceasefire. Budd met with her in Israel.

Sen. Ted Budd is pushing for the release of hostages held by Hamas, including a Chapel Hill native. Here’s what he saw on his trip to Israel.

Budd’s comments came as reporters asked him for an update on the location or condition of Keith Siegel, a Chapel Hill native who was taken hostage in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

ABC11 has learned from Ted Budd's office that the wife of North Carolina native Keith Siegel was among the hostages that were freed. Adrienne "Aviva" Siegel and Keith were taken hostage at the ...

Sen. Ted Budd holds a photo of the Keith and Aviva Siegel, a couple, with ties to North Carolina, taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Sen. Ted Budd holds a photo of the Keith and Aviva Siegel, a couple, with ties to North Carolina, taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Content warning: This story includes references to sexual violence. The emotion was palpable across Sen. Ted Budd’s face as he thought back to what he witnessed during a recent trip to a kibbutz in ...