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‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

Zangauker’s mother, Einav, has been at the forefront of the hostage campaign since he was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023

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Matan Zangauker is still alive but in 'severe distress', according to the recently freed Edan Alexander (Image: Getty)

Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced yesterday that the UK would suspend trade talks with Israel over the latest Gaza operation (Image: Parliament TV)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 593: UK suspends trade negotiations with Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

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A gift to Hamas

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

A gift to Hamas

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Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel will 'take control' of the entire Gaza Strip (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 592: Israel to ‘take control of all of Gaza’

By Nathan Jeffay

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IDF troops in Gaza

UK threatens ‘concrete actions’ against Israel if it goes ahead with Gaza operation

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IDF troops in Gaza

IDF announces ‘extensive’ ground operation against Hamas in Gaza

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The IDF has launched a fresh ground offensive in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 591: IDF launches fresh ground offensive in Gaza

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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One of Hamas’ October 7 aims was to block Israel-Saudi peace, documents show

Yahya Sinwar saw peace talks between Jerusalem and Riyadh as detrimental to the terror group

By Imogen Garfinkel

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May 18, 2025 12:22

Recovered documents from a Hamas tunnel reveal that one of Yahya Sinwar's motivations for the October 7 attack was to disrupt Israel-Saudi peace talks. (Getty Images)

Revealed: Documents prove October 7 photographer was Hamas operative

Hassan Aslih infiltrated into Israel to document the atrocities

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May 18, 2025 12:12

A selfie by Aslih on October 7

Body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar reportedly found in Gaza tunnel after IDF strike

Israel has not yet confirmed the report by Saudi news channels

By Imogen Garfinkel

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May 18, 2025 10:22

A screenshot of an video released by the Israel Defence Forces on December 17, 2023, showing Hamas commander Muhammad Sinwar, right, in a car travelling through an underground tunnel in Gaza. (Screenshot: Israel Defence Forces)

At every step, the UN has failed hostages and their families

This week, families of hostages came to New York to demand their loved ones bodies be returned

By Jonathan Harounoff

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May 16, 2025 17:29

Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, briefs the Security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict. (Loey Felipe)

Israel downgrades number of living hostage to 20

Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the revised assessment and reiterated his resolve to continue the war until the captives are freed

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May 16, 2025 09:30

Israel has revised its estimate of the number of hostages still alive in Gaza down from 23 to 20 (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Jake Wallis Simons

By Jake Wallis Simons

Israel’s war isn’t about ‘victimhood’, it’s about the moral imperative to destroy Hamas

Most of us want to see the war end, but Israel must be free to complete its mission

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May 16, 2025 09:10

A Hamas fighter stands in front of a banner, bearing an altered portrait of Israel's Prime Minister and the Bibas family (Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 588: Syria in secret talks to join Abraham Accords

Plus, UN blocking US-led Gaza aid plan

By Nathan Jeffay

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May 16, 2025 08:24

Syrian officials are reportedly in secret talks about joining the Abraham Accords (Pictured: Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa; Image: Getty)

Malcolm Green

By Malcolm Green

I made Lineker Walkers Crisps icon – but his ideas are the real junk food

As a young advertising creative, I helped reinvent the footballer – but now I watch him with growing dismay

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May 15, 2025 16:20

Gary Lineker launches 'Walkers Spell & Go' at Marble Arch on April 15, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

‘Israel is demanding something basic, moral, human—to return our boys and girls home,’ said Danny Danon, Jerusalem’s envoy to the UN

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May 15, 2025 13:34

The UN Security Council is set to discuss a resolution about the return of hostages' remains (Image: Getty)

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