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Breaking barriers: Female combat medics in the IDF prove their mettle on the front lines

The JC was given special access to the unit making sure wounded soldiers get the care they need, even in the heat of battle

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Four female medics from the Battalion Aid Station of the Givati Brigade (Image: IDF)
Protesters hold signs and posters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip (Getty)

Return to hostilities is driving a wedge between hostage families

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The Jewish Chronicle cemetery Kfar Etzion

Meeting the Jews of the West Bank: ‘Life is good here – but how can we feel safe?’

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Family of hostages forced to watch release ceremony share their heartbreak

Family of hostages forced to watch release ceremony share their heartbreak

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One year on, this freed hostage still can’t sleep – but Luis, 71, is dancing again

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February 10, 2025 11:03
Family members of freed Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Norberto Louis Har embrace them for the first time since they were rescued from Hamas in Gaza (Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

‘Will I ever go home again?’ The rebuilding of the kibbutzim ravaged by October 7

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January 29, 2025 07:00
Thomas Hand in Hatzerim (Ricki Rosen)

‘We need everyone back home’ In Hostages Square as Israel waits for captives to return

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January 19, 2025 13:48
Supporters and relatives of hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants, react while watching a live television broadcast on the release of Israeli hostages, at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on January 19, 2025. The crowds in Tel Aviv's "Hostage Square" cheered and whooped with joy late on January 19 at the news that the first three hostages freed under the Gaza ceasefire deal had returned to Israel. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

The potential security consequences of the Gaza ceasefire

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January 17, 2025 10:59
Israeli officials have raised a number of security concerns about the Gaza ceasefire, particularly over the release of Palestinian prisoners (Image: Getty)

‘Seal the deal before it’s too late’ pleads relative of baby hostage Kfir Bibas

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January 14, 2025 10:50
The uncle of baby hostage Kfir Bibas has urged negotiators to 'seal the deal before it's too late' (Picture: Getty)

Israel’s UN envoy Danon: UN should stay out of ceasefire negotiations

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November 20, 2024 08:29
Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on September 16 (Getty Images)

Netanyahu hails Trump’s ‘historic return’ to the White House

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November 6, 2024 13:05
Trump with the Netanyahus in Mar a Lago (X)

Hostage families praise Sinwar’s killing, urge Israel to double down on ceasefire deal

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October 18, 2024 09:18
A protester holds a sign during a demonstration calling for an hostages deal on October 17, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

The hospital that learnt how to care for hostages back from hell in Gaza

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October 15, 2024 13:37
Dr Itai Pessach, director of the Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Centre

Yazidi woman rescued from Hamas in Gaza: ‘I tried suicide many times’

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October 8, 2024 10:46
Fawzia Amin Sido who was kidnapped at the age of 11 by the Islamic State group in Iraq and later taken to Gaza has been rescued after more than a decade in captivity (Credit: Iraqi Foreign Ministry)

Families mourn at Nova site on October 7 anniversary

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October 7, 2024 08:56
Family members and friends of the lost and kidnapped gather at the site of the Nova Festival to mark the one year anniversary of the attacks by Hamas, on October 07, 2024 in Re'im, Israel. Various commemorations are taking place around Israel to mark the anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

My son came to me in my dreams and told me keep living, says anguished mum of Nova victim

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September 25, 2024 08:59
Vera Moshe, Shalev Moshe and Daniel Moshe stand by the picture of Eden David Moshe at the Supernova music festival site in memory of those massacred by Hamas on October 7 (Photo: Amelie Botbol)
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