Gaza

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

The families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefire

By Ellie Grant

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Former hostage Iair Horn has suggested that those still held in Gaza 'do not have any more time' in an emotional address (Image: Flash90)

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Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has seemingly ruled out the prospect of a Palestinian state (Image: Getty)

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Katz rules out Palestinian state in talks with US senators

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Hamas will ‘accept PA governing Gaza’ under ceasefire deal

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Marco Rubio

US Secretary of State calls Trump Gaza plan ‘bold’ in Jerusalem talks

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(L-R) Sagui Dekel-Chen, Alexandre Troufanov and Yair Horn

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Hamas and PIJ confirm names of three hostages to be released Saturday

By Eliana Jordan

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Palestinians outside their home in Gaza on February 9, 2025 (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

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US president’s vision has the potential to end the conflict

The president’s bold approach could deliver a solution after decades of failed diplomacy

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February 13, 2025 16:32

Trump's bold relocation plan could offer an escape from the vicious cycle of violence, diplomatic stagnation, and failed solutions (Image: Getty)

Community rallies at central London vigil for hostages

Jews and non-Jews came together to raise awareness of the plight of the Israeli captives

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

February 13, 2025 13:31

Londoners gathered to show their support for the Israeli hostages and plea for their return at the weekly Board of Deputies vigil opposite Downing Street on Wednesday

Hamas ‘confirms’ next hostage release for Saturday

Reports suggest that the terror group has U-turned on its decision to delay all releases indefinitely

By JC Reporter

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February 13, 2025 10:45

Hamas has reportedly confirmed the next round of hostage releases for Saturday (Image: Getty)

Gaza refugee decision could lead to ‘pro-Hamas, antisemitic attitudes being brought into UK’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he disagreed with the ruling

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

February 12, 2025 11:36

A court ruling allowing Gazans to qualify for the UK's humanitarian immigration scheme intended for Ukrainians has drawn criticism from senior politicians (Image: Getty)

Fauda star to leave hit show after Gaza injury

The actor was seriously wounded in an explosion that killed six soldiers from his unit while he was fighting against Hamas

By JC Reporter

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February 11, 2025 15:04

Idan Amedia has announced he will leave the cast of Fauda after sustaining injuries while serving in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu says Israel will ‘resume fighting’ in Gaza unless hostages are returned Saturday

The Israeli PM’s latest statement follows US President Donald Trump’s threat that ‘hell would break out’ if Hamas followed through on its plan to delay further releases

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

February 11, 2025 11:44

‘We share an umbilical cord’ – hostage mother shares her agony after son’s ‘torture’ revealed

Idit Ohel learned on Monday that her son was being starved and chained in an underground tunnel with multiple untreated wounds

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

February 11, 2025 10:17

Alon Ohel is reportedly enduring torture while in captivity, facing near starvation and being chained with untreated wounds, according to freed hostages. (Getty Images)

Hostage Shlomo Mansour confirmed dead

Mansour survived the 1941 Farhud massacre before emigrating to Israel with his family

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

February 11, 2025 09:24

Iraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 86, was taken from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager

Hostages were choked, hung from the ceiling and starved by Hamas, freed captives claim

Ohad Ben-Ami, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi were visibly malnourished when they were returned to Israel over the weekend, with one claiming to have been shackled for so long that he forgot how to walk

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

February 10, 2025 15:17

Eli Sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were killed on October 7, reunited with his mother, Hanna, and his sister, Osnat, on Saturday. (Credit: IDF Spokespersons' Unit)

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Gaza

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

Katz rules out Palestinian state in talks with US senators

Hamas will ‘accept PA governing Gaza’ under ceasefire deal

US Secretary of State calls Trump Gaza plan ‘bold’ in Jerusalem talks

Hamas and PIJ confirm names of three hostages to be released Saturday

The prize of peace with the Arab world and the Palestinians is within reach, but it needs courage

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