Hostages

Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar, family say

The US-Israeli hostage will instead travel to Washington to meet Donald Trump at a later date

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar following his release, according to his family (Image: Flash90)

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Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas

By JC Reporter

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Who is Edan Alexander?

By Jacob Jaffa

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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

By JC Reporter

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Emily Damari

‘I’m finally home’: emotional homecoming for Emily Damari as she attends Tottenham match in north London

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

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Israel contradicts Trump’s claim of hostage deaths

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

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IDF chief warns Israel ‘could lose’ hostages as army approves expansion to Gaza operation

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

The heroic former hostage will be in London to see her lifelong team take on Crystal Palace, but there has been too little fanfare from the club she loves

1 min read

April 30, 2025 17:02

Emily Damari with her Spurs scarf following her release from Gaza

Sara Netanyahu caught saying ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages remain alive

The hot mic moment prompted anger from hostage groups, which demanded clarification of the government’s figures

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 30, 2025 12:23

Sara Netanyahu was picked up on her husband's microphone saying that 'fewer' than 24 hostages remain alive in Gaza, which would conflict with Israel's official estimate (Image: Flash90)

Definition of ‘hostage’ is ‘subjective’, says press regulator

Ipso said using the term to describe Palestinian detainees in Israel did not breach the Editors’ Code

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

April 29, 2025 16:28

A complaint was sent to the press regulator about an article in a Scottish newspaper that described Palestinian detainees as 'hostages'. (Getty Images)

UK minister’s ‘agony’ that being British did not protect Sharabi family

Hamish Falconer tells JC that former hostage’s testimony was ‘heartbreaking’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

April 29, 2025 16:15

The Chief Rabbi thanked Eli Sharabi for his strength (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA)

‘A light in the darkness’: Eli Sharabi shares his story of survival at first community event outside Israel

Testimony from the released hostage moves audience of 1,400 to give him a standing ovation

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

April 29, 2025 12:00

Eli Sharabi at St John's Wood Synagogue (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA)

Noa Argamani wears yellow dress in touching hostage tribute for Time 100 red carpet

The former Hamas captive, whose abduction is one of the enduring images of the October 7, 2023 attacks, used the occasion to reiterate her calls to bring all the remaining hostages home

By JC Reporter

2 min read

April 28, 2025 11:53

Former Hamas hostages Noa Argamani wore a yellow dress to the Time 100 Gala on Saturday in tribute to those still held in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Channel 5 blurs music legend Graham Gouldman’s hostage pin during interview

The 10cc frontman claimed he was asked to take the symbol off but refused, saying: ‘I am Jewish, it is my tribe’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

April 17, 2025 17:28

A light that lives on: UK family of hostage fundraise to build foundation in his memory

Almog was murdered by Hamas in a tunnel along with five other hostages last September

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

April 17, 2025 16:04

Almog Sarusi, the 27-year-old Israeli abducted from the Nova music festival who was later murdered while in Hamas captivity

Former hostage Noa Argamani included in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2025

Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris, wrote the entry and said the image of Argamani’s capture is ‘seared’ into his soul

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

April 16, 2025 17:41

Noa Argamani has made TIME's 100 most influential people in the world 2025

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Hostages

Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar, family say

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas

Who is Edan Alexander?

Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

‘I’m finally home’: emotional homecoming for Emily Damari as she attends Tottenham match in north London

Israel contradicts Trump’s claim of hostage deaths

IDF chief warns Israel ‘could lose’ hostages as army approves expansion to Gaza operation

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