Hostages and Missing Families ForumHostage 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
HostagesHamas returns body of kibbutz civil defence hero killed on October 7Tal Haimi ‘fought like a lion’ to defend his community from terrorists, while his death meant he never met his infant sonBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hostages and Missing Families ForumHamas hands over four more bodies, but only three confirmed as Israeli hostagesFourth body, dressed in an IDF uniform, might be that of a killed terroristBy JC Reporter2 min read
HostagesHamas accused of holding back bodies in breach of ceasefire deal‘We will not abandon any hostage,’ the Hostages and Missing Families Forum vowedBy Siam Goorwich3 min read
Hostages and Missing Families Forum UKIt’s now or neverWe pray this deal brings every hostage homeBy Nivi Feldman3 min read
Israel‘Peace plan will allow our people to heal’: Israeli public and hostage families embrace ‘historic’ Trump proposalBenjamin Netanayhu’s political opponents have also backed the plan, while a key member of his coalition branded it a ‘tragedy’By Siam Goorwich2 min read
Benjamin NetanyahuHostage families camp outside Netanyahu’s home and accuse him of sacrificing their childrenThe protest was sparked by reports that the IDF had launched its main ground operation in Gaza CityBy Siam Goorwich2 min read
‘Don’t argue over Israel’ Eylon Levy urges UK Jewish communityThe influencer was speaking at a hostage vigil in FinchleyBy Gaby Wine3 min read||August 31, 2025 14:00
Hostage activists block Israel’s highways in fresh wave of pro-ceasefire protestsThe demonstration, organised by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, is calling for an end to the war and the immediate return of all Hamas captivesBy Jacob Jaffa3 min read||August 26, 2025 10:52
Mass protests across Israel as national strike for hostages beginsOne million expected in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square; at least 32 arrested across the countryBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||August 17, 2025 12:43
Digging his own grave: The world watches, the hostages waitHaya is from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, one of several groups participating in the March for the Hostages this Sunday in central LondonBy Haya Langerman3 min read||August 7, 2025 12:15
Hostage families launch Gaza flotilla calling for ceasefire and return dealThe tactic mirrors those used by pro-Palestine activists trying to break Israe’s naval blockade of the StripBy Gabrielle Apfel2 min read||August 7, 2025 10:58
‘I love you more than my life’: sister of Nepali hostage makes heartbreaking plea for his releaseNepali agricultural student Bipin Joshi was taken hostage from a kibbutz on October 7 – and there has been no news sinceBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read||July 31, 2025 13:42
‘Shame on you’: released British hostage Emily Damari accuses Starmer of ‘moral failure’ over Palestine recognitionLawyers representing British hostage relatives and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum have both issued statements also condemning the government’s announcementBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||July 30, 2025 12:23
Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it has lost contact with terrorists holding Nova survivor hostageRom Braslavski was working as a security guard at the music festival and saved several lives before being abductedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 23, 2025 10:46
‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’Zangauker’s mother, Einav, has been at the forefront of the hostage campaign since he was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 21, 2025 09:55
