Progressive JudaismProgressive and Masorti rabbis to hold Havdalah vigil, calling for ceasefireOrganisers say they are standing in solidarity with the hostages and demanding more aid into GazaBy Gaby Wine2 min read
IsraelHostage 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
October 7Running 251km for 251 hostagesBagel shops, Jewish cemeteries and communal hubs, Natasha Roston’s route through London passed some of British Jewry’s most iconic locationsBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
EntertainmentJessie J called a ‘disgusting Zionist’ after expressing sympathy for Israeli hostage Evyatar DavidThe singer’s post was met with a flood of abusive commentsBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
October 7National protest to demand release of hostages in central London this SundayThousands of people are likely to attend the demonstration, which has the backing of Masorti, Progressive, Orthodox, and S&P Sephardi CommunitiesBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
HostagesEvyatar David: ‘Torturous video of my skeletal brother is meant to break us, but it won’t’Ilay David cannot bring himself to watch the footage of his emaciated brotherBy Amelie Botbol 3 min read
Holocaust survivors‘They are in the same state I was in’: Holocaust survivors ‘hurt and angered’ by latest hostage videosSurvivors Naftaly Furst and Batya Rapoport shared their horror at newly-released images of Evyatar David and Rom BraslavskiBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Hamas releases video of starving hostage forced to ‘dig his own grave’Videos released by terror groups in Gaza are the first signs of life of Israeli hostages in monthsBy JC Reporter2 min read||August 3, 2025 08:05
Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawalThe terror group said it wouldn’t come back to the table until more aid entered Gaza, while Israel’s far-right finance minister claimed only the its ‘total surrender’ would be acceptedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 1, 2025 14:47
Islamic Jihad airs video of hostage Rom Braslavski ‘on the brink of death’Appearing weak with a strained voice, Braslavski said he spends 24 hours a day on a mattress and often tied upBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||August 1, 2025 14:13
Chief Rabbi: UK recognition of Palestine ‘a profound betrayal’Sir Ephraim Mirvis fears it will make diaspora Jews more vulnerableBy Gaby Wine2 min read||August 1, 2025 12:37
Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaignNew research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 1, 2025 10:42
‘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 14:42
Communal leaders demand clarity on hostages following Palestine recognition announcementBoth the Board of Deputies and the JLC urged the prime minister to refrain from recognition as long as Hamas holds captives in GazaBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||July 31, 2025 13:48
Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over HamasAmichai Eliyahu said the issue of the 50 captives still held by Hamas should be ‘dealt with at the end’ of the warBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 30, 2025 15:33
‘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 13:23
