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British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

The last of the living hostages in Gaza were released today after 738 days in captivity

5 min read

October 13, 2025 17:28

JW3 Chief Executive Ray Simonson and Marcel Knobil removing padlocks on the Lovelock Bridge at JW3 (Credit: JW3)

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

A failure of phase two could lead to resumption of war, former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror warns

4 min read

October 13, 2025 17:17

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Film

Good Boy review: Woof! Woof! A four-legged star is born ★★★★

The director and his producer wife’s dog is the star of this supernatural horror film

1 min read

October 13, 2025 17:16

Pooch perfect: Indy the dog and his on-screen owner Todd, played by Shane Jensen

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

With the hostages home, the path to Hamas’s irrelevance may at last come within reach

3 min read

October 13, 2025 17:11

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel can finally start to heal – but what comes next for Hamas in Gaza?

From a military perspective, Israel can claim victory, and yet Hamas is not gone

4 min read

October 13, 2025 17:08

Hostages

‘Tears flowed freely, the weight of our common pain and uncertainty finally lifting’

A leading hostage campaigner from the UK was in Hostage Square when the captives were released

2 min read

October 13, 2025 17:05

Maxine Elias in Hostage Square in the early hours of today (Photo: Maxine Elias)

Israeli film

‘This TV series is a document of what actually happened on October 7’

‘We promised the survivors accuracy, no propoganda, just their truth’

3 min read

October 13, 2025 16:36

Hisham Suliman plays Ayoub Sulliman hiding with his infant behind enemy lines in Red Alert (Credit: Ran Mendelson/Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions)

October 7

In our small way, we too helped bring them home

Campaigners across the UK have spent the last two years calling for the release of the hostages. Today, their prayers were answered

3 min read

October 13, 2025 16:04

Campaigners gather at a London rally to call to bring home the hostages (Photo: Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer expresses ‘relief’ at hostages’ release as Downing Street pressed on UK’s role in Gaza ceasefire

The Prime Minister’s spokesman declined to elaborate on the ‘vital’ role played by the UK in getting to this point

3 min read

October 13, 2025 15:11

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (centre) with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron, pictured at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit (Photo: Getty)

Counter-terrorism

UK urged to take tougher line on confronting jihadist radicalisation

Recommendations include adding Jew-hatred as a Prevent risk factor and for the Charity Commission to take firmer action

3 min read

October 13, 2025 15:00

Armed police officers stand with their weapons inside a Police cordon near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Photo by PAUL CURRIE/AFP via Getty Images)

Hostages

Hamas accused of holding back bodies in breach of ceasefire deal

‘We will not abandon any hostage,’ the Hostages and Missing Families Forum vowed

3 min read

October 13, 2025 14:32

As recently as last week, Herut Nimrodi said she still hoped her son Tal might be alive (Picture: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ofsted

Independent Jewish Day School bounces back with strong Ofsted

Enthusiasm for helping other shines through pupil conversations, inspectors said

1 min read

October 13, 2025 13:57

Egypt

Netanyahu rejects offer to attend ‘peace summit’ in Egypt because it clashes with Jewish holiday, PM’s office announces

Dozens of world leaders have flocked to Sharm El-Sheikh for the summit hosted by Donald Trump and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

1 min read

October 13, 2025 13:28

Yom Kippur murders

The Manchester attack won’t weaken our community, of that I am sure

After the fear, I felt pride – proud that our communal grit and defiance mean that Jewish life will go on, as it always does

4 min read

October 13, 2025 12:18

Broken home: are the Jews safe in Britain?

Donald Trump

‘The best friend Israel ever had’: Trump cheered in Knesset after hostage releases

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana hailed the US President, whose speech was interrupted by a vocal protest, as ‘the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House’

5 min read

October 13, 2025 12:11

US President Trump addresses the Knesset on October 13, 2025 (Image: YouTube/Sky News)

Hostage Negotiations

Who are the terrorists being released in exchange for the hostages?

A group of 250 life-sentence prisoners, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, will be returned to the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem or deported abroad

1 min read

October 13, 2025 11:02

Large crowds welcome the return of Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank on October 13, 2025 (Image: YouTube/Sky News)

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