October 7‘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
Sir Keir StarmerCommunal 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
Israeli PoliticsFar-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
Hostages‘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
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
Palestinian 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||July 23, 2025 10:46
Former hostage Avera Mengistu leaves hospital after five months of rehabilitationBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 23, 2025 10:22
Gal 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||July 23, 2025 08:00
Inside 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||July 21, 2025 16:31
‘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 10:18
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 10:59
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 14:55
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 11:20
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 18:56
