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Eli Sharabi marks Christmas in Wales after 491 days in Hamas captivity

Embarrassment pushed government to support hostage families, claim Adam Rose and Adam Wagner in Limmud address

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Eli Sharabi celebrated Christmas in Wales last week

Keith and Aviva Siegel at Limmud festival 2025

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‘Worse than the abuse was not knowing if I would see my family again’

By Gaby Wine

5 min read

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Freed hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky shown celebrating engagement in ‘picture of victory’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Startling footage shows ‘Beautiful Six’ hostage group marking Chanukah in Gaza tunnel

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Soldiers carry the coffin of Noa Marciano at Modi'in Military Cemetery on November 17, 2023 (Picture: Getty)

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Hostage Noa Marciano was murdered by Gazan doctor, claims father after receiving harrowing video

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

Ran Gvili's is the final body being held in Gaza by Hamas

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Hostage families demand final body be returned to Israel before stage two of peace plan

By Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

Released Thai hostages arrive to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on November 30 2023 (Photo: Getty)

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Iran accused of blackmailing Thailand to order farm workers home in exchange for hostages

By Mark Wood

1 min read

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The last hostage in Gaza: Israel pushes for return of Ran Gvili

Ran Gvili, who is believed to be dead, is credited with rescuing some 100 people on October 7 before he was abducted

By Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

December 5, 2025 12:21

The family of Ran Gvili, who was captured on October 7, are desperate for his return (Photo: Courtesy of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

‘I choose life’: Ex hostage Alon Ohel reveals brutal treatment at the hands of Hamas captors

Alon, who almost lost sight in one of his eyes due to a shrapnel injury, recounted his experiences of starvation and sexual assault at the hands of terrorists

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 3, 2025 11:13

Freed hostage Alon Ohel arrives home in Moshav Lavon, Israel, on October 24, 2025 (Flash90)

‘Small remains’ returned by Hamas not linked to either hostage still in Gaza

‘The efforts to bring them home will not stop until the mission is complete,’ said the Prime Minister’s Office

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 3, 2025 11:04

(L-R) Sudthisak Rinthalak and Ran Gvili (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Slain hostage Dror Or returned to Israel after 780 days

Dror was remembered as ‘loved and wonderful’ and ‘an excellent friend’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

November 26, 2025 10:16

Dror Or (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin: ‘We pray for rampant, unreasonable, unwieldy hope’

The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin took part in the Rabbi Lord Sacks Conversation to mark the launch of the new Koren Sacks Humash

By Jane Prinsley

8 min read

November 25, 2025 13:31

Jon and Rachel speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Centre on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

PIJ confirms body of one of three remaining hostages has been located

The group has not identified which hostage the remains belong to or when they will be returned

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

November 25, 2025 12:00

(L-R) Dror Or, Ran Gvili, and Sudthisak Rinthalak (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Hostage and Missing Families Forum to close Tel Aviv office

The advocacy group is heavily scaling back its operations as just three hostages remain in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

November 24, 2025 13:43

A door bearing posters of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, depicting the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip by Hamas (Getty Images)

‘Today you are heroes’: Trump holds White House reception for freed hostages

The president singled out IDF veteran Matan Angrest, who was held in Gaza for more than two years, for praise

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

November 21, 2025 10:56

A group of former hostages and their families with US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff (White House)

By Yaakov Lappin

Hamas is looking at the 60,000 dead and the Western hatred of Israel and thinking: job done

With the terror group having survived the war, another meeting with the US in the bag and Israel-hate peaking in the West, Hamas sees the last two years as a success

3 min read

November 20, 2025 16:35

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-America hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025 (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Eli Sharabi marks Christmas in Wales after 491 days in Hamas captivity

‘Worse than the abuse was not knowing if I would see my family again’

Freed hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky shown celebrating engagement in ‘picture of victory’

Startling footage shows ‘Beautiful Six’ hostage group marking Chanukah in Gaza tunnel

Hostage Noa Marciano was murdered by Gazan doctor, claims father after receiving harrowing video

Hostage families demand final body be returned to Israel before stage two of peace plan

Iran accused of blackmailing Thailand to order farm workers home in exchange for hostages

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The last hostage in Gaza: Israel pushes for return of Ran Gvili

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PIJ confirms body of one of three remaining hostages has been located

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