Hostages‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostageRan’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flagBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
By The JC LeaderThe last hostage: Ran Gvili’s return and Israel’s refusal to leave anyone behindThat instinct – costly, unyielding and often misunderstood – is not a weakness. It is civilisational clarity – a reaffirmation of the values that distinguish the Jewish state from those who fight it2 min read
HostagesIDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 daysThe discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from HamasBy Jacob Jaffa4 min read
HostagesIDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran GviliIsrael has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returnedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesFather concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage sonLiam Or as he was known in the hostage release campaign was actually Liam Or-Nassar from a mixed faith backgroundBy JC Reporter1 min read
Avera MengistuBrother of former Hamas hostage goes missing in IsraelAshgara Mengistu’s brother, Avera, was held in Gaza for more than a decade after entering the Strip in a state of mental distressBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
October 7Yarden Bibas shares painful third-birthday message to ‘beloved’ son KfirSlain hostage Kfir Bibas was taken captive when he was just nine months old, and his brother Ariel was fourBy Ben Conway1 min read
‘I came back to life’: British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari marks one year of freedomThe 29-year-old recalled the moment she ‘stepped out of that dark nightmare and back into the light’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 19, 2026 09:51
Ran Gvili: Final hostage ‘has been forgotten’ as Trump pushes ahead Gaza plan‘Don’t leave our Rani behind and bury us together with him’, the slain hostage’s parents have beggedBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 18, 2026 12:46
Award-winning actress Sydney Sweeney meets freed hostage couple Noa Argamani and Avinatan OrThe National Jewish Assembly called the gesture ‘genuinely admirable’By Alma Green1 min read||January 14, 2026 15:18
US prepared to start Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire before Hamas disarms and returns final hostageThe terror group has refused to lay down its weapons and still holds the remains of police sergeant Ran Gvili three months after it was meant to release themBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 8, 2026 10:37
Hamas and Red Cross restart search for final hostage Ran GviliThe terror group was meant to return Ran’s remains three months ago, but claims they are buried under rubble in GazaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 8, 2026 10:12
Trump’s meeting with freed hostages was ‘extraordinarily moving’ IDF reservist saysTzahit Levi has been on the frontline of Israel’s hostage crisis since October 7By Siam Goorwich2 min read||January 6, 2026 07:00
Eli Sharabi marks Christmas in Wales after 491 days in Hamas captivityEmbarrassment pushed government to support hostage families, claim Adam Rose and Adam Wagner in Limmud addressBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||December 31, 2025 12:08
‘Worse than the abuse was not knowing if I would see my family again’Former hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel were speaking at Limmud festivalBy Gaby Wine5 min read||December 30, 2025 18:38
Freed hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky shown celebrating engagement in ‘picture of victory’Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky can be seen smiling and celebrating with champagne flutes in a photograph shared by Zangauker’s motherBy JC Reporter1 min read||December 29, 2025 11:32
