Israeli PoliticsHostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’Gal Hirsch claimed that the weekly protests in Tel Aviv ‘amplified’ the terror group’s propaganda and contributed to delays in peace talksBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
HostagesWounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s bodyAmedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hostages‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostageRan’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flagBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
HostagesIDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 daysThe discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from HamasBy Jacob Jaffa4 min read
HostagesIDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran GviliIsrael has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returnedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Emily Damari‘I came back to life’: British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari marks one year of freedomThe 29-year-old recalled the moment she ‘stepped out of that dark nightmare and back into the light’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
CeasefireUS prepared to start Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire before Hamas disarms and returns final hostageThe terror group has refused to lay down its weapons and still holds the remains of police sergeant Ran Gvili three months after it was meant to release themBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Hamas and Red Cross restart search for final hostage Ran GviliThe terror group was meant to return Ran’s remains three months ago, but claims they are buried under rubble in GazaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 8, 2026 10:12
‘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 OfficeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||December 3, 2025 11:04
Slain hostage Dror Or returned to Israel after 780 daysDror was remembered as ‘loved and wonderful’ and ‘an excellent friend’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 26, 2025 10:16
PIJ confirms body of one of three remaining hostages has been locatedThe group has not identified which hostage the remains belong to or when they will be returnedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||November 25, 2025 12:00
Hostage and Missing Families Forum to close Tel Aviv officeThe advocacy group is heavily scaling back its operations as just three hostages remain in GazaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 24, 2025 13:43
‘Today you are heroes’: Trump holds White House reception for freed hostagesThe president singled out IDF veteran Matan Angrest, who was held in Gaza for more than two years, for praiseBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 21, 2025 10:56
‘Around half’ of hostages were sexually abused in captivityFormer captives reported instances of sexual coercion, gang rape and humiliationBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 17, 2025 10:05
Hamas and PIJ return body of Meny GodardThe former pro footballer and Kibbutz Be’ri resident was murdered on October 7 – just three hostages remain following his returnBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 14, 2025 11:17
Body of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin returned to Israel after 11 yearsGoldin was killed in Gaza in 2014 and his body has been held hostage by Hamas ever sinceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 10, 2025 10:30
