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Hostages Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert released in Gaza

The three men were paraded at a Hamas ceremony but the last hostage to be freed today, Hisham al-Sayed will be handed over privately

By JC Reporter

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Omer Shem Tov is reunited with his parents (Photo: IDF)

TOPSHOT - Newly released Israeli hostage Tal Shoham waves to supporters after arriving at Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre in Petah Tikva in central Israel on February 22, 2025. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham freed from Hamas, back in Israel

By JC Reporter

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BBC correspondent Paul Adams has been criticised for his social media posts and a recent report on the release of slain Israeli hostages (Photo: BBC)

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BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

By Jane Prinsley

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The UK Foreign Office has called on Hamas to immediately return Shiri Bibas to Israel (Image: Flash90)

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Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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(From left) Oran, his father Moshik, and his little brother Tomer. Moshik, Tomer, Almog's cousin Assaf, and his grandparents Ze'evik and Ruthie were killed in a 2003 terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Oran Almog)

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‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

Poster bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R) (Picture: Getty)

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Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

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Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

By Ellie Grant

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By Rosa Doherty

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

It is not the silence itself that is earth-shattering. It is the decision to be silent about this, but not of other’s suffering.

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February 21, 2025 07:34

Kfir Bibas was just nine months old when he was abducted (Image: Getty)

IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

The Israeli government accused Hamas of ‘violating every basic moral value’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

February 21, 2025 07:04

The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament

The procession through central London ended in a memorial service

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

February 20, 2025 18:07

Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament

By Nicole Lampert

So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now?

The sick handover of a dead family in Gaza today should have caused global uproar

3 min read

February 20, 2025 17:06

Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

British-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to Israel

Authorities are still working to confirm the identity of the other three bodies, though they are believed to be those of the Bibas children and their mother

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

February 20, 2025 10:10

The IDF has marked the return of the bodies of four hostages, believed to be the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, in a military ceremony (Image: IDF)

Who was Oded Lifschitz? Retired journalist and activist for Palestinian rights

Lifshitz was one of the oldest hostages taken and previously volunteered driving Palestinians to Israeli hospitals

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 20, 2025 09:27

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Ariel and Kfir were the youngest hostages taken in Gaza on October 7 and their bodies will be returned to Israel by Hamas tomorrow

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 19, 2025 19:48

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Bodies of Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas will be handed over on Thursday, Israel confirms

‘Our hearts are with the grieving families’, the prime minister’s office said

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 19, 2025 18:50

Hamas has reportedly confirmed that the Bibas children will be among the deceased hostages returned to Israel this week (Image: Getty)

Hamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire deal

The terror group is reportedly demanding a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and permanent ceasefire in return

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

February 19, 2025 15:53

Posters of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, plastered outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square". (Getty Images)

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Hostages Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert released in Gaza

Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham freed from Hamas, back in Israel

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

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