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Benjamin Netanyahu

Hostage families camp outside Netanyahu’s home and accuse him of sacrificing their children

The protest was sparked by reports that the IDF had launched its main ground operation in Gaza City

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read
Families of hostages held in Gaza protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem (Image: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Eylon Levy at Finchley hostage vigil
Hostages

‘Don’t argue over Israel’ Eylon Levy urges UK Jewish community

By Gaby Wine

3 min read
Pro-hostage protestors have blocked highways in a mass demonstration calling for a ceasefire and the immediate release of the remaining Hamas captives (Image: Flash90)
Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Hostage activists block Israel’s highways in fresh wave of pro-ceasefire protests

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read
Thousands are marching in the Doctors’ “White Coats” march, from the Israeli Medical Association offices to Hostages Square. (Photo: Uriel Even Sapir)
Israel

Mass protests across Israel as national strike for hostages begins

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read
Digging his own grave: The world watches, the hostages wait
Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Digging his own grave: The world watches, the hostages wait

By Haya Langerman

3 min read
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has launched a flotilla to the Gaza shoreline to call for a ceasefire and hostage return deal (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
Israel

Hostage families launch Gaza flotilla calling for ceasefire and return deal

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read
Pushpa with her brother Bipin, who has been held captive Hamas in Gaza by for more than 660 days (Credit: courtesy)
October 7

‘I love you more than my life’: sister of Nepali hostage makes heartbreaking plea for his release

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

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‘Shame on you’: released British hostage Emily Damari accuses Starmer of ‘moral failure’ over Palestine recognition

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

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July 30, 2025 12:23
Former hostage Emily Damari and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it has lost contact with terrorists holding Nova survivor hostage

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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July 23, 2025 10:46
PIJ has claimed it has lost contact with the terrorists holding Rom Braslavski (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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May 21, 2025 09:55
Matan Zangauker is still alive but in 'severe distress', according to the recently freed Edan Alexander (Image: Getty)

Israel downgrades number of living hostage to 20

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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May 16, 2025 09:30
Israel has revised its estimate of the number of hostages still alive in Gaza down from 23 to 20 (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

‘His face is no longer symmetrical’ – mother of hostage soldier on why Pesach brings particular pain

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

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April 15, 2025 12:32
Matan Angrest is among the 59 hostages still held in Gaza

Yarden Bibas, Noa Argamani, and freed hostages accuse Israeli government of abandoning those left in Gaza

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

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March 18, 2025 17:58
Einav Zangauker (2L), the mother of Israeli Matan Zangauer held hostage with others in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, sits alongside supporters and relatives at the Gaza border near kibbutz Nir Oz on March 18, 2025, to protest Israel's strikes and demand preserving the truce and bringing the remaining hostages back with a deal. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Rabbi Leo Dee

By Rabbi Leo Dee

Dear Yarden Bibas, here are the lessons I’ve learned since my wife and daughters were killed by terrorists

4 min read

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March 10, 2025 11:12
Rabbi Leo Dee poses with a banner carrying the faces of his wife, Lucy, and daughters, Maia and Rina. (Photo Talia Kirshner)

British-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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February 20, 2025 10:10
The IDF has marked the return of the bodies of four hostages, believed to be the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, in a military ceremony (Image: IDF)

Mandy Damari: “Emily’s nightmare in Gaza is over”

By JC Reporter

5 min read

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January 19, 2025 14:06
Emily reunited with her mother mandy
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