Hostages‘Prepared and ready for Daddy’: Hostages’ children and loved ones share joy at being reunitedAll 20 living hostages are due to be released today after more than two years in Hamas captivityBy Katie Grant1 min read
HostagesSongs of joy and tears of relief as hostages reunite with families after two years apartAll 20 living hostages have been returned to Israel where thousands of people gathered to celebrate their homecomingBy Jacob Jaffa5 min read
HostagesPolice question woman who cut down yellow ribbons commemorating the hostagesThe ribbons were cut from railings in Muswell Hill on the eve of the two-year anniversary of October 7By Elisa Bray2 min read
Hostages and Missing Families Forum UKIt’s now or neverWe pray this deal brings every hostage homeBy Nivi Feldman3 min read
By Saul SadkaThe Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrenderEven if the jihadis won’t disarm, they have no meaningful ability to project power at Israel, only at its own long-suffering people. And yet, there is a genuine prospect for regional peace8 min read
HostagesJoy and optimism sweeps through Hostages Square in Tel Aviv‘We see more light in everyone’s eyes – we’re trying to believe,’ one resident of southern Israel tells the JCBy Amelie Botbol 2 min read
Hostage vigil‘Like a deep breath out’: Hostage campaigners throughout the UK react to news that the hostages could finally be brought homeBoth Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal that could see the release of all 48 hostages in Gaza, both living and deadBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read
Who are the hostages due to be returned under the Gaza peace deal?A total of 48 captives remain in the Strip, only 22 of whom are believed to be aliveBy Jacob Jaffa7 min read||October 9, 2025 09:19
Eli Sharabi: ‘I can’t cry all day. Not when all these people fought for me’When he was released from Hamas depravity in February, Eli’s story reverberated around the world. Today, he explains why he refuses to let the cruelty he suffered define himBy Nicole Lampert7 min read||October 6, 2025 12:24
Hostage by Eli Sharabi review: ‘a highly readable account of barely imaginable nightmare’The first hostage releases a book and instead of the misery memoir you might expect, it is a story of survivalBy Nicole Lampert2 min read||October 6, 2025 10:29
We will hopefully free all hostages in the next few days, says NetanyahuIsraeli PM gave a speech on Saturday night after Hamas accepted part of Trump’s peace deal on FridayBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 4, 2025 18:28
Hamas agreement to release all hostages is just a ‘smart way’ to reject Trump deal, say analystsTerror group still insists on being part of future Gaza governmentBy Orlando Radice1 min read||October 3, 2025 20:24
Hamas military wing ‘rejects’ peace deal, though political wing expected to agreeUS President Donald Trump has given the terror outfit until tomorrow to respond to his proposed dealBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||October 3, 2025 14:28
‘The patriotism is unique’ – Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice visits Israel‘There is the most extraordinary, united spirit’, MP for Boston and Skegness tells the JCBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||September 30, 2025 14:47
‘The faith of the hostages inspired me to find my own’Rebbetzin Jacqueline Feldman has written her debut book inspired by the experiences of captives held in GazaBy Gaby Wine3 min read||September 30, 2025 10:45
On Yom Kippur we bring before God a bleeding heart and a troubled conscienceWhat questions will be uppermost in our mind on the holiest day of the year?By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg3 min read||September 28, 2025 13:00
