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Season of freedom: a heart-to-heart with four former hostages

From making a cup of tea to laughing out loud, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher, Aviva Seigel and Danielle Aloni share how it feels to be free women back home in Israel

By Natalie Blenford

12 min read

Emily Damari has got engaged and launched a clothing line since her release (Picture: Shai Franco)

Noa Argamani

‘A hug and I knew I was safe’: Noa Argamani recalls her rescue by the IDF after 246 days in captivity

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

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‘To get the media interested in the hostages, we needed to do something to grab their attention’

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Memorial for the victims of the Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival (Image: Getty)

By Alex Hearn

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

3 min read

Emily Damari

Emily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attack

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Fiona Monro, who stole a hostage memorial in Brighton (Image: X/ Heidi Bachram)

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Brighton woman convicted of stealing hostage memorial and throwing it in bin

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

The Borehamwood vigil (Photo: Simon Ainley)

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Why we stood: a founder’s reflection on the Borehamwood hostage vigil

By Lara Lipsey

3 min read

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‘Being held hostage strengthened our relationship’

Having endured unimaginable suffering since October 7, released hostages Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov will stand under the chupah next month

By Ben Conway

6 min read

February 11, 2026 15:31

Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov are interviewed by Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson at Chabad Belgravia (Photo: Devon Shoob)

Starmer has broken his promise to sanction Hamas officials, British hostage families say

The eight families are seeking ‘urgent clarity’ on when the PM will fulfil his commitment

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

February 5, 2026 13:52

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gestures as he delivers a statement (Credit: Jordan Pettitt - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

‘The promise was kept’: IDF confirms elimination of Hamas commander who killed Noa Marciano

Marciano, aged just 19, was ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital after being forced to record a propaganda video

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

February 5, 2026 11:24

Hostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’

Gal Hirsch claimed that the weekly protests in Tel Aviv ‘amplified’ the terror group’s propaganda and contributed to delays in peace talks

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

February 2, 2026 10:42

Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the hostages and the missing in the Prime Minister's Office, during a press conferene in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostage

The key border post will be open only for the ‘limited movement of people’ and not for humanitarian aid convoys

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 30, 2026 11:57

Trucks carrying aid at the Rafah Crossing on January 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Nivi Feldman

‘It was my parents who inspired me to fight for the hostages’

The leader of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK reflects on the last two years

3 min read

January 28, 2026 14:53

Nivi Feldman with her baby and parents, Nurit Sofer and Stanley Moss (photo: courtesy)

‘He refused to stand aside’: Netanyahu and Herzog hail bravery of Ran Gvili during final hostage’s funeral

The prime minister also announced that a new town, named Renanim, would be established in Ran’s honour close to his home of Meitar

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 28, 2026 13:16

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Ran Gvili in Meitar on January 28, 2026 (Flash90)

By Jake Wallis Simons

What Israel’s return of Ran Gvili reveals about Jewish peoplehood

The hostages are home, both living and dead. At heart, it is about family. We feel each other’s pain, grieve each other’s losses, do our best to support each other however we can

2 min read

January 27, 2026 14:35

Israelis light the 8th candle of Hannukah in Hostage Square holding placards bearing the face of Ran Gvili in Tel Aviv on December 21, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Wounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s body

Amedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 27, 2026 11:07

Israeli singer and actor Idan Amedi attends the funeral of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, whose body had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since 2014, at the Kfar Saba military cemetery on November 11, 2025 (Flash90)

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hostages

Season of freedom: a heart-to-heart with four former hostages

‘A hug and I knew I was safe’: Noa Argamani recalls her rescue by the IDF after 246 days in captivity

‘To get the media interested in the hostages, we needed to do something to grab their attention’

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

Emily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attack

Brighton woman convicted of stealing hostage memorial and throwing it in bin

Why we stood: a founder’s reflection on the Borehamwood hostage vigil

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