Anti-government protestThousands protest in Israeli cities to condemn Netanyahu for failing to recover hostagesThe rallies took place in some 50 locations across Israel and came just hours after the IDF returned the body of hostage Elad Katzir to IsraelBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Gaza hostagesRemains of hostage Elad Katzir recovered and returned to IsraelIsraeli media reports that he had been murdered not long after appearing in an Islamic Jihad video pleading for Israel to stop the warBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Gaza hostagesFreed Thai hostages plan return to IsraelNutthawaree Munkan and Boonthom Pankhong met while working on a moshav in southern Israel and plan to return to the country for workBy JC Reporter1 min read
Gaza hostagesProtesters storm Knesset gallery on third day of action against Israeli governmentDemonstrators breached a police cordon around the Prime Minister's Residence in JerusalemBy Amelie Botbol 5 min read
Gaza hostagesIsraeli hostage who testified about Gaza sexual assault to feature in Sheryl Sandberg documentaryAmit Soussana was the first Israeli hostage to reveal details of her torture in Gaza captivityBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
israel‘It has been half a year’: Families of hostages mark six months of anguishThe mother of a young Israeli whose body was seized by an Unwra worker has pleaded for his remains to be returnedBy Nicole Lampert3 min read
Pope FrancisPope calls for hostages’ release, ceasefire in Easter addressThe pontiff also called for additional humanitarian aid into GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read
Anti-government protesters erect ‘tent city’ outside Knesset demanding hostage release and electionThe activists are planning four days of action to force Netanyahu to call an election and agree to a ceasefire in GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read||April 1, 2024 09:52
Terminally ill mother of hostage pleads with Biden to help bring her daughter homeUS president asked to help grant mother her dying wishBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||March 28, 2024 16:33
Yoseph Haddad joins hostage vigil and discussion on misinformationJournalist John Ware was among figures who addressed alleged bias in the mediaBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||March 28, 2024 11:51
Herzog blames Sinwar for hostage talks breakdownIsraeli president says ‘everything begins and ends’ with Hamas Gaza chiefBy JC Reporter1 min read||March 26, 2024 12:44
Seats around Passover table to be left vacant this year for Gaza hostagesThe initiative was launched by the Board of Deputies of British JewsBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||March 26, 2024 11:04
Israel proposes releasing more than 700 Palestinian prisoners for 40 hostagesThe prisoners, detained in Israel and the West Bank, reportedly include 100 murderers serving life sentencesBy JC Reporter2 min read||March 25, 2024 10:04
Jews from all over the world tune in to the Kotel to say Shema for the hostagesFamilies of hostages gathered at the Kotel to pray for the return of their loved onesBy Gaby Wine3 min read||March 22, 2024 14:57
Borehamwood leads calls for the release of hostagesThe Chief Rabbi and Dr Sharone Lifschitz, daughter of hostage Oded Lifschitz, spoke at Sunday’s rallyBy Gaby Wine3 min read||March 19, 2024 07:35
Former hostage tells how he underwent surgery without anaestheticItay Regev was one of 40 people abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova music festivalBy Eliana Jordan3 min read||March 14, 2024 13:10