hostages

The hostage held in Gaza for 4,000 days

The 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 remains

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Hadar Goldin's body has been held by Hamas since 2014 (Image: Getty)

Emily Damari

Hamas terrorist who held Emily Damari hostage killed in Israeli airstrike

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Hostage mothers and relatives speaking in London at an event hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews with the Hostage Families Forum UK, July 8, 2025. Front row (l-r): Adi Radai, Merav Daniel & niece, Rina Angrest. Back row (l-r): Galia David & cousin, Adi Angrest, Tami Baruch (Credit: Gary Manhine)

Hostages

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

View of the outside of Boulder County jail on June 5, 2025, ahead of a court hearing for Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suspect in the June 1 Molotov cocktail attack on a Jewish solidarity walk in Boulder, Colorado. Soliman is expected to formally face federal hate crime charges, as well as state charges of attempted murder. A US judge on June 4 ordered a temporary stay on any efforts to deport the family of Soliman. The wife and five children of Soliman were detained by immigration officials during the law enforcement probe of Soliman after the attack. (Photo by Chet Strange / AFP) (Photo by CHET STRANGE/AFP via Getty Images)

USA

Suspect in Boulder attack on pro-Israel rally pleads not guilty

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israel

Hamas tortured Israeli hostage to death over claim he was IDF pilot

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

Hostages

IDF recovers bodies of three hostages from Gaza, Ofra Keida, Yonatan Samerano and Shay Levinson

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Hostages

‘I feel like a mother to the soldiers who killed my son’

By Gaby Wine

9 min read

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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 Wine

1 min read

June 16, 2025 15:38

A weekly vigil for the hostages opposite Downing Street, organised by the Board of Deputies (Photo: Amanda Rose/@amandarosephoto)

‘There’s no path for us to be well without the Palestinians being somehow okay too’

Former hostage Yocheved Lifschitz and her daughter, Sharone, were speaking at New North London Synagogue

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

June 16, 2025 15:08

Inspiring hope: Sharone and Yocheved Lifshitz

Former hostage reveals why she shook hands with Hamas militant at Red Cross handover

Yocheved Lifshitz shared further details about the encounter in an interview with Senior Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

By Greg Rose

1 min read

June 12, 2025 15:57

Yocheved Lifshitz (C), who was released by Hamas after 16 days in captivity (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza

Hamas murdered Judy Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai from Kibbutz Nir Oz and then took their bodies to the Strip on October 7

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 5, 2025 08:29

Labour MPs make Israel visit amid strain on UK relations

A delegation of parliamentarians, including five elected last year, visited with Labour Friends of Israel

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

June 4, 2025 12:57

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (centre) meeting a Labour Friends of Israel delegation. (L-R: Peter Prinsley MP, Baroness Berger, Jon Pearce MP, Isaac Herzog, Mark Sewards MP, Cat Eccles MP, Kevin McKenna MP)

By Yossi Yehoshua

Israel shifts its military strategy – and Hamas is losing its grip

Direct aid, held ground, and relentless pressure are shaking the terrorists’ hold on Gaza. But too much success may also endanger the fate of the hostages

3 min read

June 4, 2025 12:00