HostagesBritish-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to IsraelAuthorities are still working to confirm the identity of the other three bodies, though they are believed to be those of the Bibas children and their motherBy Nathan Jeffay4 min read
HostagesWho was Oded Lifschitz? Retired journalist and activist for Palestinian rightsLifshitz was one of the oldest hostages taken and previously volunteered driving Palestinians to Israeli hospitalsBy JC Reporter2 min read
HostagesA family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?Ariel and Kfir were the youngest hostages taken in Gaza on October 7 and their bodies will be returned to Israel by Hamas tomorrowBy Ellie Grant3 min read
HostagesBodies of Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas will be handed over on Thursday, Israel confirms‘Our hearts are with the grieving families’, the prime minister’s office saidBy JC Reporter2 min read
HamasHamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire dealThe terror group is reportedly demanding a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and permanent ceasefire in returnBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read
HostagesJNF UK welcomes home freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen‘I can’t find the words to describe what it felt like to hug him again’By Daniel Ben-David4 min read
HostagesHamas claims Bibas children’s bodies will be among four returned this weekThe two boys were the youngest hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and were aged just four and nine months at the timeBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captiveThe families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefireBy Ellie Grant1 min read||February 18, 2025 10:36
Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by familiesThe announcement seemingly reveals the fate of a further eight hostages, including the Bibas children.By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||February 18, 2025 10:13
Freed hostages reunite with families in IsraelSagi Dekel-Chen was informed for the first time of his third daughter’s name, who was born while he was in captivity.By JC Reporter4 min read||February 16, 2025 10:37
Did Jacob cry when he saw Joseph again?Rabbi Gideon Sylvester offers a biblical perspective as hostages are reunited with their loved onesBy Rabbi Gideon Sylvester3 min read||February 16, 2025 10:09
Hamas and Islamic Jihad release three more male hostages from GazaAlexander Troufanov, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Yair Horn were named to be freed by HamasBy Joshua Marks1 min read||February 15, 2025 08:25
BBC staffers round on ‘delusional’ Owen Jones after he targets another Jewish colleagueIn his attack on a second Jewish BBC journalist, Jones cites evidence from a writer who posted about ‘Jewish supremacist Zionist monsters’By Jane Prinsley3 min read||February 14, 2025 14:52
Hamas and PIJ confirm names of three hostages to be released SaturdayArgeninian-Israeli Yair Horn, American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen and Russian-Israeli Alexandre Sasha Troufanov named by Palestinian militant groups for releaseBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||February 14, 2025 12:43
Hamas ‘forced female hostages to watch male captives being tortured’One of the women was even reportedly forced to stage her own death in a sick propaganda effortBy Ellie Grant1 min read||February 14, 2025 10:24
Community rallies at central London vigil for hostagesJews and non-Jews came together to raise awareness of the plight of the Israeli captivesBy Imogen Garfinkel2 min read||February 13, 2025 13:31
