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Ex-SodaStream boss offers Gazans $100,000 for safe return of hostages

Daniel Birnbaum will give the money to anyone who frees living captives held by Hamas before 24 October

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Former CEO at SodaStream, Daniel Birnbaum has offered $100,000 to Gazan who safely return hostages (photo: Getty Images

A protester holds a sign during a demonstration calling for an hostages deal on October 17, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Yahya Sinwar

Hostage families praise Sinwar’s killing, urge Israel to double down on ceasefire deal

By Amelie Botbol

3 min read

October 7

London protest calls for release of female hostages in Gaza

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

John and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the parents of murdered 23-year-old hostage Hersh, interviewed on Channel 12 on October 10, 2024 (Credit: Channel 12)

Hostages

We told politicians not to attend our son’s shiva, say the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read

Dr Amira Al-Assouli's has posted about Israelis being “vomited out” of Israel, praised Jew killers as “martyrs” and claimed “Jews are traitors” - but has appeared on the BBC on several occasions (Photo: BBC)

BBC

BBC stands by ‘kill the Jews’ doctor

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

By Nirit Lavie Alon

I have been waiting a year for my son’s young, beautiful, talented, kind partner

4 min read

Israelis walk past a mural of photographs of Israelis whom have been held hostage and those who are still held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv. September 30, 2024. (Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Hostages

Who are the hostages remaining in Gaza one year after October 7?

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

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‘She likes drinking pints and watching the footy’ – Emily Damari is the last remaining British captive of Hamas

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of her abduction, Emily’s mother appealed to thousands of people to help secure her safe return

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

October 7, 2024 13:39

Emily Damari's poster is raised at a London event to mark one year since October 7 (Credit: social media)

‘On this terrible anniversary, we must keep focused on the goal: get all hostages back’

We are Jews and life is more important than anything, relatives of hostages tell the JC

By Felix Pope

5 min read

October 7, 2024 09:22

Families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and supporters take part in a rally calling for a hostage deal (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Government must do more for us, says mum of 28-year-old British hostage

Emily Damari’s mother Mandy has been torn between publicising her daughter’s British nationality or keeping quiet

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

October 2, 2024 15:30

Emily Damari, who was taken from her home in Kfar Aza

‘Pray for the hostages this Rosh Hashanah’, plead families of those held captive

Agony for hostages’ relatives over chagim as they await news of their loved ones

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

October 2, 2024 15:00

Rotem Sharabani, 20, and Roni Sharabani, 15, holding posters of their uncles who are held hostage in Gaza

A nation’s art in a time of war: How Israel’s artists responded to October 7

This past year has seen an outpouring of creativity from Israeli artists who have used their talents as an outlet for trauma and to battle Jew-hate

By Karen Glaser

1 min read

October 1, 2024 14:27

Massacre of the Innocents by Zoya Cherkassky Photo: Fort Ganesvoort, New York, Collection of the Jewish Museum

Starmer hosts British families of hostages and calls for their immediate release ahead of October 7 anniversary

Hostage families were also passed a message of solidarity from the King and Queen

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

October 1, 2024 08:31

30/09/2024. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with the families of hostages and the bereaved at a commemoration event in 10 Downing Street ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

By The JC Leader

At this painful time, let’s make our Rosh Hashanah hopeful

The JC Leader, 27th September 2024

1 min read

September 26, 2024 23:00

Jewish man in kippah and tallit blowing shofar outdoors. Rosh Hashanah celebration

‘Please don’t forget my grandpa’, hostage families appeal to Labour ministers

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner also spoke at LFI event

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 25, 2024 11:22

Noam Safir (right) speaking to Labour Friends of Israel. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel

Starmer accidentally calls for release of ‘sausages’ in Labour conference speech

The Prime Minister hit back at a heckler who shouted about Gaza, saying he had a ‘pass for 2019 conference’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

September 24, 2024 14:15

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 24, 2024 in Liverpool, England. This is Labour's first conference since voters returned them as the governing party of The UK and Northern Ireland in the July election. The result ended 14 years of Conservative rule with a landslide majority of 172 seats. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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hostages

Ex-SodaStream boss offers Gazans $100,000 for safe return of hostages

Hostage families praise Sinwar’s killing, urge Israel to double down on ceasefire deal

London protest calls for release of female hostages in Gaza

We told politicians not to attend our son’s shiva, say the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

BBC stands by ‘kill the Jews’ doctor

I have been waiting a year for my son’s young, beautiful, talented, kind partner

Who are the hostages remaining in Gaza one year after October 7?

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