HostagesReleased Filipino hostage names his new baby daughter IsraelaJimmy Pacheco was abducted from kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, and spent 49 days in captivity in GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read
HostagesEmily Damari was held in cages crawling with cockroachesThe British-Israeli citizen is calling for the freedom of the 50 remaining hostagesBy JC Reporter1 min read
Omer Shem Tov‘I survived by connecting with my Hamas captors’ says freed Israeli hostageOmer Shem Tov was in London for the UK premier of a documentary about his 505 days held hostageBy Gaby Wine5 min read
HostagesPalestinian 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
Avera MengistuFormer hostage Avera Mengistu leaves hospital after five months of rehabilitationBy JC Reporter1 min read
Gal GadotGal Gadot meets freed hostages: ‘You are strength and inspiration’‘It's incredible how you've picked up the stretcher and are carrying it for those still there. You are strength. You are inspiration. I hope everyone comes back already’ said the Israeli actressBy JC Reporter1 min read
Stop the HateInside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?The JC joined Saturday’s Stop the Hate counter-protest to meet the people braving the rain to face down the throngs of pro-Palestine demonstratorsBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
‘The only thing we think about is how to bring the hostages back’In conversation with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Keith and Aviva Seigel share harrowing moments from their time in captivityBy Siam Goorwich4 min read||July 21, 2025 11:18
The hostage held in Gaza for 4,000 daysThe father of IDF soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed in 2014 has claimed Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘responsible’ for the continued captivity of his son’s remainsBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||July 15, 2025 11:59
Hamas terrorist who held Emily Damari hostage killed in Israeli airstrikeThe IDF has confirmed the elimination of Nasr Ali Quneita, a participant in the October 7 massacreBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||July 14, 2025 15:55
Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldierMerav Daniel was one of several relatives of hostages who spoke at a Board of Deputies’ eventBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||July 9, 2025 12:20
Suspect in Boulder attack on pro-Israel rally pleads not guiltyThe investigation revealed that Soliman had attempted to purchase a firearm but was unsuccessful because he is not a U.S. citizenBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 30, 2025 19:56
Hamas tortured Israeli hostage to death over claim he was IDF pilotItzik Elgarat, 68, was murdered in Gaza after his captors interrogated him for information, according to his familyBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read||June 30, 2025 17:19
IDF recovers bodies of three hostages from Gaza, Ofra Keida, Yonatan Samerano and Shay LevinsonAll three were killed on October 7 by HamasBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 22, 2025 10:07
‘I feel like a mother to the soldiers who killed my son’Iris Haim, the mother of former hostage, Yotam, who was killed after escaping captivity, was speaking in LondonBy Gaby Wine9 min read||June 18, 2025 17:30
Board urges community to ‘adopt’ one of remaining hostages‘We need to tell the stories of those who have been held captive for more than 600 days’By Gaby Wine1 min read||June 16, 2025 16:38
