HostagesRachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin: ‘We pray for rampant, unreasonable, unwieldy hope’The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin took part in the Rabbi Lord Sacks Conversation to mark the launch of the new Koren Sacks HumashBy Jane Prinsley8 min read
HostagesPIJ confirms body of one of three remaining hostages has been locatedThe group has not identified which hostage the remains belong to or when they will be returnedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Hostages and Missing Families ForumHostage and Missing Families Forum to close Tel Aviv officeThe advocacy group is heavily scaling back its operations as just three hostages remain in GazaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Donald Trump‘Today you are heroes’: Trump holds White House reception for freed hostagesThe president singled out IDF veteran Matan Angrest, who was held in Gaza for more than two years, for praiseBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
By Yaakov LappinHamas is looking at the 60,000 dead and the Western hatred of Israel and thinking: job doneWith the terror group having survived the war, another meeting with the US in the bag and Israel-hate peaking in the West, Hamas sees the last two years as a success3 min read
HostagesFormer hostage dug his way to freedom before being recaptured by HamasAvinatan Or recounted the moment when his tunnel hit the root of a tree, which he said ‘felt like touching life in a place of death’By JC Reporter1 min read
Hostages‘Around half’ of hostages were sexually abused in captivityFormer captives reported instances of sexual coercion, gang rape and humiliationBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hamas and PIJ return body of Meny GodardThe former pro footballer and Kibbutz Be’ri resident was murdered on October 7 – just three hostages remain following his returnBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 14, 2025 11:17
Maccabi-loving former hostages Gali and Ziv Berman attend first football match since their return to IsraelStanding on the pitch at Bloomfield Stadium, the twins thanked Maccabi supporters for ‘fighting’ for them during their time in captivityBy JC Reporter1 min read||November 11, 2025 11:34
Body of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin returned to Israel after 11 yearsGoldin was killed in Gaza in 2014 and his body has been held hostage by Hamas ever sinceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 10, 2025 10:30
The sacred duty of bringing a body homeThere is a longstanding biblical tradition of retrieving the body of a fallen soldierBy Rabbi Gideon Sylvester3 min read||November 9, 2025 11:29
Hamas ‘to return body of Hadar Goldin’The planned release comes over a decade after the soldier was killed in the 2014 Gaza warBy Ariel Kahana1 min read||November 9, 2025 10:44
Body of Tanzanian kibbutz worker Joshua Mollel released by HamasThe 21-year-old agricultural intern had arrived in Israel just 19 days before the October 7 attacksBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 6, 2025 10:43
Body of fallen IDF soldier Itay Chen returned by Hamas‘Wonderful son’ released 760 days after October 7 abductionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 5, 2025 10:02
Remains of three slain IDF soldiers returned to IsraelThe latest release brings the number of hostages remaining in Gaza down to eightBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 3, 2025 09:39
Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostagesThe terror group returned three unidentified bodies on Friday, but none have been matched to any of its 11 remaining captivesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 2, 2025 10:07
