AuschwitzHostage flags confiscated from Jewish group touring AuschwitzPolish Museum defended the removal of Israeli flags bearing hostage ribbons from Bushey Synagogue tour groupBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
Staines SynagogueStaines Synagogue's joy as ‘adopted’ hostage Omer Shem Tov is released‘This is a story that is worth telling as it offers a chink of light’, says the synagogue’s chairmanBy Ellie Grant2 min read
HostagesOded Lifschitz, 84, peace activist and journalist, murdered by Hamas‘His life ended in a tragic, undeserved, despicable way’By Ellie Grant4 min read
HostagesHamas expected to release the bodies of four more hostages tonightEgypt will oversee the transfer of the bodies returning to IsraelBy Joshua Marks2 min read
Bibas Family‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better’ says father of Bibas boys as Israel mournsThousands have gathered to pay their respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and KfirBy Ellie Grant3 min read
Israel BriefingIsrael Briefing Day 509: Ceasefire crisis resolved - Phase 1 to be completedThe bodies of four more hostages are expected to return as part of the dealBy Nathan Jeffay3 min read
Arab-Israeli comedian arrested following jokes about hostage releasesNidal Badarny made light of the plight of Thai captives and suggested that the certificates Hamas gave to female hostages were for ‘completion of a course in pilates’By David Isaac 2 min read||February 25, 2025 15:39
Noa Argamani to make history as first freed hostage to address the UN Security CouncilIsrael rescued Argamani from a private home in Gaza last yearBy JC Reporter1 min read||February 25, 2025 10:46
Family of hostages forced to watch release ceremony share their heartbreakGuy Gilboa-Dalal and Evytar David were taken to watch the release of hostages from the sidelinesBy Amelie Botbol 4 min read||February 25, 2025 10:39
Thousands expected to pay respects to Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas along funeral procession routeThe two Bibas children and their mother will be buried in a private ceremony tomorrowBy JC Reporter1 min read||February 25, 2025 10:29
Bibas family to hold private funeral for slain hostages Shiri, Ariel and KfirEulogies at the ceremony near Kibbutz Nir Oz may be livestreamed after the family became a symbol of hostage sufferingBy Ellie Grant3 min read||February 24, 2025 11:06
Hostages starved, chained and kept in darkness say familiesSome of the returned hostages are unresponsive according to their relativesBy Ellie Grant3 min read||February 23, 2025 11:18
Hostages Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert released in GazaThe three men were paraded at a Hamas ceremony but the last hostage to be freed today, Hisham al-Sayed will be handed over privatelyBy JC Reporter3 min read||February 22, 2025 10:58
Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham freed from Hamas, back in IsraelAvera Mengistu was held in Gaza for more than 10 years by HamasBy JC Reporter1 min read||February 22, 2025 08:17
BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body releaseAn insider told the JC that the corporation’s reporting raises ‘serious questions’ that need to be addressed.By Jane Prinsley2 min read||February 21, 2025 18:31
