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Parents of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin plead for his release in emotional DNC speech

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg urged a ceasefire deal that includes the release of the hostages, including their son Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By Eliana Jordan

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Jon Polin (L) and Rachel Goldberg, parents of slain US hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin will attend Trump's inauguration (Photo: Getty Images)

The body of British-Israeli citizen Nadav Popplewell was recovered in Gaza this week (Photo: Getty Images)

Israeli hostages reportedly killed by fire started by IDF operation

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IDF soldiers outside a tunnel during the raid

Israel Hamas War

WATCH: Footage of IDF’s terrifying raid to extract hostages’ bodies

By Lilach Shoval

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(left to right) Yoram Metzger; Yagev Buchshtab; Nadav Popplewell and Chaim Peri

IDF recovers remains of six hostages murdered in Gaza, including British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell

By Joshua Marks

4 min read

A protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israeli negotiation team expresses ‘cautious optimism’ amid ongoing hostage talks

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A year after her daughter was murdered in front of her, Israeli mother reveals her hell

A year after her daughter was murdered in front of her, Israeli mother reveals her hell

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Hamas has kept dozens of Israeli hostages in captivity in Gaza since the October 7 attack (Photo: Getty Images)

Hamas claim to have executed an Israeli hostage

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Hamas rejects US-Egyptian-Qatari invite to ceasefire talks

Despite the terrorist group's absence, the negotiations, set for Thursday, will still take place.

By Joshua Marks

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August 12, 2024 11:16

Doha, Qatar, one of the prospective locations for ceasefire and hostage released talks scheduled on Thursday

Amichai Stein

By Amichai Stein

A hostage deal must wait for Iran’s retaliation – but Bibi wants one

A deal is his way to find a solution to the tension with Hezbollah – and to be able to return those evacuated from the north to their homes.

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August 7, 2024 11:29

Supporters and relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since October lift placards during a rally to demand their release in Tel Aviv on August 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas movement. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Hendon and Brighton communities gather on hostage Ariel Bibas’ fifth birthday

Participants marked the moving occasion with Batman-themed cupcakes in honour of Ariel’s favourite superhero

By Eliana Jordan

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August 6, 2024 10:52

Hendon community members gather at Sunny Hill Park to commemorate Ariel Bibas' fifth birthday. The Bibas family have been in Hamas captivity for nearly ten months. (Photo: Elliott Franks)

Eli Bibas

Today is my grandson Ariel’s fifth birthday – and he is still in captivity

We urgently need a deal to release the hostages

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August 5, 2024 11:01

Ariel Bibas, seized by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz

‘Time has frozen’: Grandmother of hostage Ariel Bibas writes him heartbreaking letter on his fifth birthday

Ariel Bibas was four when he was taken hostage by Hamas and has been held captive for 10 months

By Rosa Doherty

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August 5, 2024 10:57

Ariel Bibas with his grandmother (centre)

Biden says Haniyeh killing ‘has not helped’ hostage talks

Haniyeh was viewed by some as an obstacle to reaching a truce deal

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August 2, 2024 08:47

President Joe Biden speaks to the media after at Andrews Air Force base near Washington DC (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hostage families fear future of deal after Haniyeh assassination

Hamas’s political leader was one of the negotiators in Qatar

By Jane Prinsley

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August 1, 2024 12:12

Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on Wednesday

IDF believes some hostages in Gaza may never be found

Recent military operations reveal difficulty in retrieving captives, whose odds of survival decrease as time passes

By Eliana Jordan

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August 1, 2024 12:04

Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, speaks to the media next to the entrance of a tunnel that the military says Hamas militants used in the southern Gaza Strip on 3 July, 2024. (Photo by OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘I can no longer look at the October 7 photo of Shiri and the children’

The uncle of Yaden Bibas speaks to the JC about his agony since October 7

By Daniel Ben-David

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July 25, 2024 17:57

Yair Keshet (left) says that he can no longer bear to look at the heartbreaking image of Shiri Bibas being abducted with her baby boy, Kfir, and other son, Ariel Bibas, which has become one of the most recognisable images of the October 7 terrorist atrocities committed by Hamas

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