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Gaza hostages

Kidnapped US-Israeli soldier declared dead

Hamas is holding the body of Sgt. Itay Chen in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden stated that he is “devastated.”

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IDF soldier Itay Chen (Credit: IDF)

Relatives of hostages held in Gaza: Inbal Zach, Avivit Abady Yablonka, and Orit Meir, 7 March, 2024

‘This time it happened to us, but it could have happened to you’ hostage families tell UK press

By Daniel Ben-David

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(L-R):Basem Naim, a Hamas leader who is a former Gaza health minister and Khaled Qaddoumi, Hamas' representative in Iran, speak during a press conference in Cape Town on November 29. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas official says group doesn’t know which hostages are alive, or where they are

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Blow for Hostages: Reenacting the Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover are (l-r) Orit Eyal-Fibeesh of 7/10 Human Chain Project; Marcel Knobil creator of Blow for Hostages; Vanessa Feltz and Rabbi Naftali Schiff, CEO of Jewish Futures (Photo: Jeremy Coleman)

Hundreds of shofars and whistles to be blown for the hostages on Mother’s Day

By Daniel Ben-David

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Board of Deputies' vigil for the hostages outside Parliament (Photo: Board of Deputies)

Board of Deputies

Board forced to cancel hostage vigil over safety concerns

By Daniel Ben-David

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A yoga session held in Israel in solidarity with the hostages (Photo: Barak Radunsky)

Yoga session for hostages

By Jane Prinsley

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ועידת הנשיאים נואם מדבר יהודים ועידה ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

Netanyahu urges pressure on Qatar for hostage release

By Etgar Lefkovits

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Freed hostages did not receive promised medication when in Gaza say families

The Israeli government brokered a deal to get medication to hostages in exchange for increased aid to Gaza

By Pesach Benson

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February 14, 2024 11:41

Family members of freed Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Norberto Louis Har embrace them for the first time since they were rescued from Hamas in Gaza (Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

Ceasefire-for-hostage deal negotiations in Egypt extended for further three days

The deal is believed to contain plans for a six-week ceasefire

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February 14, 2024 11:20

Ceasefire-for-hostage deal negotiations in Egypt extended for further three days

US says ‘real progress’ made in hostage talks

The deal was the main focus of a phone call between Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden on Sunday

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February 12, 2024 10:08

US says ‘real progress’ made in hostage talks

IDF rescues two hostages in daring Rafah operation

Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70—both from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak—are in good condition, according to the IDF

By Joshua Marks

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February 12, 2024 09:50

Freed Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman, 60, left, and Louis Har, 70, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak. Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo: X)

JW3 bridge adorned with ‘love locks’ to remember hostages still held in Gaza

People around the world are encouraged to send signed padlocks to JW3 to be attached to the walkway

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 11, 2024 17:19

Dame Maureem Lipman, Dame Margaret Hodge, Howard Jacobson, Sir Simon Schama, Luciana Berger, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and others on the newly named Lovelock Hostage Bridge, February 11, 2024

IDF finds Khan Yunis dungeon where hostages were held

Around a dozen captives were kept there, the Israeli military said

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February 7, 2024 16:22

A Hamas tunnel where hostages were held underneath Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 7, 2023 (Credit: IDF)

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

The pressure for hostage deal as high as the landing strip is narrow

The negotiators who are shuttling draft proposals have set achieving an agreement by Ramadan as their goal

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February 7, 2024 14:53

Protesters hold placards with the picture of 26-year-old Gali and Ziv Berman (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

More than a fifth of hostages in Gaza are dead say Israeli authorities

Families of 32 dead hostages have been informed

By Jane Prinsley

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February 6, 2024 16:09

Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage at 9 months old

Ben-Gvir threatens to topple government over hostage deal

Lapid pledged that his Yesh Atid Party would give complete support to an agreement with Hamas

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January 30, 2024 13:57

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a convention calling for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip and the northern part of the West Bank (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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