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

Itzik Elgarat, 68, was murdered in Gaza after his captors interrogated him for information, according to his family

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

Danny Elgarat, brother of Danish-Israeli Itzik Elgarat, kisses his coffin during a private funeral ceremony held by friends and family at his house in kibbutz Nir Oz On March 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

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

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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‘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

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

Inspiring hope: Sharone and Yocheved Lifshitz

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

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

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

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

By Greg Rose

1 min read

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Israel recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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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

People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US-backed aid group that has bypassed the longstanding UN-led system in the territory (Image: Getty)

Social media campaign launched to highlight 600 days in captivity

Fifty-eight hostages are still held in Gaza by terrorists

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

May 28, 2025 10:30

Hostages still held in captivity after 600 days (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Former hostage has yellow ribbon ‘confiscated’ at Cannes

Mia Schem had been invited to raise awareness of the plight of the 58 hostages still in Gaza after nearly 600 days

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

May 25, 2025 09:22

French-Israeli former hostage Mia Schem arrives for the Closing Ceremony at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 24, 2025. (Getty Images)

By Gaby Wine

They tried to destroy us. They didn’t succeed. Let’s sing

At times of crisis, it is music that we turn to

3 min read

May 22, 2025 21:47

Eurovision's Israeli entrant Yuval Raphael singing a song infused with optimism (Image: Getty)

‘They are living in hell’ – Freed hostage Edan Alexander confirms Matan Zangauker is alive but in ‘severe distress’

Zangauker’s mother, Einav, has been at the forefront of the hostage campaign since he was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 21, 2025 09:55

Matan Zangauker is still alive but in 'severe distress', according to the recently freed Edan Alexander (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

A gift to Hamas

Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions unless the Jewish state halts its military campaign. The jihadists in Gaza can’t believe their luck

3 min read

May 20, 2025 12:59