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Hamas ‘confirms’ next hostage release for Saturday

Reports suggest that the terror group has U-turned on its decision to delay all releases indefinitely

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Hamas has reportedly confirmed the next round of hostage releases for Saturday (Image: Getty)

Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025. (Getty Images)

Tanya Gold

Hostage-Shoah comparisons are wrong, but they contain some truth

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Alon Ohel is reportedly enduring torture while in captivity, facing near starvation and being chained with untreated wounds, according to freed hostages. (Getty Images)

‘We share an umbilical cord’ – hostage mother shares her agony after son’s ‘torture’ revealed

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Iraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 86, was taken from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager

Hostage Shlomo Mansour confirmed dead

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Shiri Bibas (center) and her sons Ariel, 4, (left) and baby Kfir, who were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

Israel prepares for the worst as Hamas hostage cancellation leaves fate of Bibas family uncertain

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with the families of hostages and the bereaved at a commemoration event at 10 Downing Street in September 2024 (Picture: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street)

The KC speaking up for British hostage families: ‘It’s been quite a rollercoaster’

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Ohad Ben Ami being released by Hamas on Saturday, February 8

Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice

By Daniel Ben-David

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Hostages were choked, hung from the ceiling and starved by Hamas, freed captives claim

Ohad Ben-Ami, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi were visibly malnourished when they were returned to Israel over the weekend, with one claiming to have been shackled for so long that he forgot how to walk

By Imogen Garfinkel

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February 10, 2025 15:17

Eli Sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were killed on October 7, reunited with his mother, Hanna, and his sister, Osnat, on Saturday. (Credit: IDF Spokespersons' Unit)

Hostage mother calls for special release as she receives son’s first sign of life in 492 days

Alon Ohel was taken from the Nova festival and sustained multiple injuries, for which he has reportedly not received any treatment

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 10, 2025 12:29

Idit Ohel (centre), mother of hostage Alon Ohel, has called for his release after receiving a first sign of life in 492 days from released captives who were held with him (Image: Getty)

One year on, this freed hostage still can’t sleep – but Luis, 71, is dancing again

Luis Har has met up with the IDF soldiers who freed him from captivity

By Amelie Botbol

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February 10, 2025 11:03

Family members of freed Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Norberto Louis Har embrace them for the first time since they were rescued from Hamas in Gaza (Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

Thai hostages freed from Gaza arrive home in Bangkok

The five men were welcomed by Thailand's foreign minister, Israel's ambassador and family members

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February 10, 2025 09:38

BANGKOK, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 09: Bannawat Saethao, one of the recently released Thai hostages, reunites with his family after arriving to Suvarnabhumi Airport on February 09, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Five of the remaining Thai hostages, who were released after 482 days in captivity in Gaza following their abduction by Hamas on October 7, have arrived at Bangkokâ€™s Suvarnabhumi Airport, while one Thai national remains captive in Gaza. Approximately 30,000 Thai migrant workers reside in Israel, primarily from Thailand's northeastern Isaan region, attracted by the high earning potential of farm work in Israel. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Trump says freed hostages look like ‘Holocaust survivors’

The president said the men were in a ‘horrible condition’

By Joshua Marks

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February 10, 2025 09:32

Hostage Or Levy (Getty Images)

Calls grow in Israel for all hostages to be released together

Hostages suffering from malnutrition, says health ministry

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 9, 2025 13:19

Or Levy reunites with his 3 year old son

Hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy free after 491 days

Emaciated hostages were paraded on stage by Hamas

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February 8, 2025 09:18

Eli Sharabi is reunited with his family. His wife and two daughters - British citizens - were killed on October 7.

Hamas names hostages for release following Gaza aid row delay

The announcement has deepened concern for the welfare of the Bibas children, who remain in Gaza

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February 7, 2025 16:18

Hamas has named the three hostages set for release tomorrow as Or Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami and Eliyahu Sharabi (Image: Getty)

Ariella Knoble-Gershon

By Ariella Knoble-Gershon

‘Israelis stop and thank us for campaigning for the hostages’

The Board of Deputies has been holding a weekly vigil opposite Downing Street for over a year

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February 6, 2025 10:35

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

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