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Hostage families call on UN to act to bring their loved ones’ bodies home

Israeli ambassador Danny Danon said returning the dead should be a ‘universal obligation’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, briefs the Security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict. (Loey Felipe)

JNF UK

JNF UK heads reunite with former hostage

By Elliot Rose

1 min read

Hostages

UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

By Vita Fellig

1 min read

Released hostage Edan Alexander wears the Star of David necklace given him by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, which belong to Witkoff's late son Andrew (Image: Channel 12)

Hostages

US envoy Witkoff gifts late son’s Magen David to freed hostage Edan Alexander

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar following his release, according to his family (Image: Flash90)

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Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar, family say

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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Who is Edan Alexander?

By Jacob Jaffa

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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

Israel was reportedly not involved in negotiations to free the 21-year-old

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 11, 2025 19:41

Hamas says it has lost contact with the terrorists holding Edan Alexander in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

‘I’m finally home’: emotional homecoming for Emily Damari as she attends Tottenham match in north London

Hundreds gathered at Tottenham Hotspur stadium and Highgate Synagogue to welcome freed British-Israeli hostage

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

May 11, 2025 15:10

Emily Damari and her mother Mandy were given a heroes welcome at Tottenham on Sunday

Israel contradicts Trump’s claim of hostage deaths

The US president said three hostages had died, prompting an Israeli rebuttal

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

May 7, 2025 10:56

President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter in the Oval Office at the White House (Image: Getty)

IDF chief warns Israel ‘could lose’ hostages as army approves expansion to Gaza operation

Plan to seize Gaza territory aims to pressure Hamas, but critics say it sacrifices hostages and risks deepening humanitarian crisis

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

May 5, 2025 09:10

A man drives a red tractor past pedestrians and tents lining the street in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on May 4, 2025. (Photo via Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

The heroic former hostage will be in London to see her lifelong team take on Crystal Palace, but there has been too little fanfare from the club she loves

1 min read

April 30, 2025 16:02

Emily Damari with her Spurs scarf following her release from Gaza

Sara Netanyahu caught saying ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages remain alive

The hot mic moment prompted anger from hostage groups, which demanded clarification of the government’s figures

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 30, 2025 11:23

Sara Netanyahu was picked up on her husband's microphone saying that 'fewer' than 24 hostages remain alive in Gaza, which would conflict with Israel's official estimate (Image: Flash90)

Definition of ‘hostage’ is ‘subjective’, says press regulator

Ipso said using the term to describe Palestinian detainees in Israel did not breach the Editors’ Code

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

April 29, 2025 15:28

A complaint was sent to the press regulator about an article in a Scottish newspaper that described Palestinian detainees as 'hostages'. (Getty Images)

UK minister’s ‘agony’ that being British did not protect Sharabi family

Hamish Falconer tells JC that former hostage’s testimony was ‘heartbreaking’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

April 29, 2025 15:15

The Chief Rabbi thanked Eli Sharabi for his strength (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA)

‘A light in the darkness’: Eli Sharabi shares his story of survival at first community event outside Israel

Testimony from the released hostage moves audience of 1,400 to give him a standing ovation

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

April 29, 2025 11:00

Eli Sharabi at St John's Wood Synagogue (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA)

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Hostage families call on UN to act to bring their loved ones’ bodies home

JNF UK heads reunite with former hostage

UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

US envoy Witkoff gifts late son’s Magen David to freed hostage Edan Alexander

Edan Alexander will not fly to Qatar, family say

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas

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