IsraelAgam Berger reunited with fellow soldiers and family following Gaza releaseThe 20-year-old embraced Naama Levy, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev and Daniella Gilboa in a tearful group hugBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read
HostagesOutrage as hostages released through ‘baying mob’ in southern GazaCrowds jostled the release party and attempted to take photos of the captivesBy Ellie Grant2 min read
HostagesIDF soldier Agam Berger freed by Hamas after 482 days in Gaza captivityTwo more Israelis and five Thai workers are set to be released later todayBy JC Reporter1 min read
HostagesWho are the three Israeli and five Thai hostages set to be released today?Agam Berger has already been freed this morning after 482 days in captivityBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read
IsraelGadi Mozes named as third Israeli hostage to be freed tomorrowThe 80-year-old will be released alongside Arbel Yehoud and Agam BergerBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read
By Jake Wallis SimonsThe cruel theatre of Gaza shows how well Hamas understands psychologyWhile the West has ‘emotional empathy’, the jihadis have ‘cognitive empathy’. The results are deadly3 min read
HostagesFreed hostage credits Liri Albag with saving her life during brutal Hamas captivityAmit Soussana claimed that the terror group ‘chained her like an animal’ and were planning to execute herBy Ellie Grant1 min read
Pro-Gaza MP advertises motion calling Palestinian prisoners ‘hostages and abductees’ on Holocaust Memorial DayOne Labour MP labelled the motion ‘shameful’ and ‘disgusting’ in comments to the JCBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||January 28, 2025 10:45
‘We’re looking after each other’ through hostage trauma, says Rachel Riley on Orthodox community visitThe Countdown host said she’s thinking about the captives ‘every single day’By Imogen Garfinkel3 min read||January 28, 2025 10:43
Arbel Yehoud and Agam Berger among six hostages due for release this weekThe deal will also see displaced Palestinians allowed to return to the northern Gaza Strip after a row sparked by Hamas breaching the unfolding ceasefire agreementBy Imogen Garfinkel1 min read||January 27, 2025 12:04
Hostage deal moved Trump to tears, says new US Middle East envoy WitkoffWashington’s man in the Middle East said the agreement, which he helped broker, was the ‘most worthy thing’ he could do in his lifetimeBy Akiva van Koningsveld2 min read||January 27, 2025 11:01
‘Sometimes we had to cook for terrorists’: Released hostages open up about life in captivitySome of the abducted women reportedly ‘met very senior Hamas people’By JC Reporter2 min read||January 26, 2025 12:29
Bibas family ‘nightmare’ as children and mother left off hostage list for another week‘World came crashing down’ when Shiri, Kfir and Ariel’s names were left off list of captives to be releasedBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||January 26, 2025 11:07
Abbas ‘congratulated’ man accused of murder of nine-month-oldYasser Abu Bakr was sentenced to 115 years in 2004 over his alleged role in terror attacksBy JC Reporter1 min read||January 26, 2025 10:39
Hamas fails to detail status of 26 hostages slated for release in breach of dealAll fall into the humanitarian category – female, children, elderly and sickBy JC Reporter2 min read||January 26, 2025 10:05
First photos show tears and hugs as hostages are reunited with their parentsKarina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag were released by Hamas on SaturdayBy JC Reporter1 min read||January 25, 2025 12:45
