Hostages (Hebrew: בני ערובה, romanized: Bnei Aruba) is an Israeli drama television series that was first broadcast on Channel 10 in October 2013.

The intruders demand that Yael (Ayelet Zurer), the family matriarch and a brilliant surgeon, kill the prime minister in what is meant to be a routine surgery.

The Israeli version, Bnei Aruba, was presented to international buyers at MIPCOM in October 2013,[2][3] and in December 2013, BBC Four announced it had acquired the series.

The soundtrack by Roy Nassee (of electronic music group Pick Right) and Alon Cohen was met with praise.

[12] EQ view noted that the action was underpinned by a "terrific score by Alon Cohen and Roy Nassee that features minimalist electronics and sinister percussion that ebbs and flows through high tension scenes with a persistent menacing drone".

[17] Before any Israeli broadcaster had been secured, the rights was sold to the American network CBS, which adapted it for the US market as Hostages.

Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment brought the rights for an Indian adaptation in April 2018, followed by the principal shooting which started in May 2018 and completed in March 2019.