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Gaza

Arab leaders are slowly realising that Hamas has to go

Trump’s hardball approach to Gaza appears to be pushing other countries in the region to come up with viable plan

By Michael Sharnoff

3 min read

Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

(From left) Oran, his father Moshik, and his little brother Tomer. Moshik, Tomer, Almog's cousin Assaf, and his grandparents Ze'evik and Ruthie were killed in a 2003 terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Oran Almog)

Hostages

‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

Poster bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R) (Picture: Getty)

Hamas

Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at Downing Street on January 15, 2025 in London (Picture: Getty)

Hamas

Pro-Hamas Malaysian PM ‘told to tone down Gaza rhetoric to head off Trump tariffs’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Hostages

Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

By Ellie Grant

4 min read

Kfir Bibas was just nine months old when he was abducted (Image: Getty)

By Rosa Doherty

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

3 min read

The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

Hostages

IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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By Nicole Lampert

So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now?

The sick handover of a dead family in Gaza today should have caused global uproar

3 min read

February 20, 2025 17:06

Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights official

The bodies of Israeli mother Shiri Bibas, her young sons Ariel and Kfir and peace activist Oded Lifshitz were transferred back to Israel this morning

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

February 20, 2025 12:54

The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that the parading of hostages' coffins in Gaza this morning violated international law (Image: Getty)

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

Authorities are still working to confirm the identity of the other three bodies, though they are believed to be those of the Bibas children and their mother

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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)

BBC apologises over inclusion of Hamas official’s son in Gaza documentary

The BBC updates its documentary after allegations surface of narrators links to the terrorist organisation

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

February 20, 2025 09:52

Scenes from Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was broadcast on Monday on BBC Two and narrated by Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the son of a Hamas official (Image: BBC)

Who was Oded Lifschitz? Retired journalist and activist for Palestinian rights

Lifshitz was one of the oldest hostages taken and previously volunteered driving Palestinians to Israeli hospitals

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 20, 2025 09:27

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Ariel and Kfir were the youngest hostages taken in Gaza on October 7 and their bodies will be returned to Israel by Hamas tomorrow

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 19, 2025 19:48

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Dozens of Jewish media figures sign letter questioning BBC over ‘propaganda’ documentary

The broadcaster has been accused of using a child narrator with family ties to Hamas in the film, which recorded the experiences of young people in Gaza.

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

February 19, 2025 17:03

A group of prominent Jewish media figures have signed a letter to the BBC expressing concern over a recent documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

Hamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire deal

The terror group is reportedly demanding a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and permanent ceasefire in return

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

February 19, 2025 15:53

Posters of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, plastered outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square". (Getty Images)

BBC journalist who gushed over Holocaust revisionist is nominated for British Council award

Layla Bashar Al-Kloub has previously been criticised by Jewish peers about media bias against the Jewish state

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

February 18, 2025 16:54

BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar Al-Kloub, nominated for a British Council award, has previously condemned the 'Zionist entity'

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hamas

Arab leaders are slowly realising that Hamas has to go

‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

Pro-Hamas Malaysian PM ‘told to tone down Gaza rhetoric to head off Trump tariffs’

Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

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