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Rallies held across Israel to mark 700 days of an ongoing nightmare

Protesters laid out a huge SOS sign with an egg timer to symbolise the urgency of the hostages’ plight

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Hostages Square in Tel Aviv today (Image: X/Bring Them Home)

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, as seen in the Hamas clip

‘Terror video’ of two hostages released by Hamas

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Tyres were set ablaze in multiple areas during the protest (Image: Israeli police)

Activists set cars alight in pro-hostage ‘day of disruption’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Adam Ma'anit speaking at the final vigil for October 7 in Palmeira Square, Brighton (Photo: Sussex News/R James)

Memory squared – how our daily vigils in Brighton turned grief into hope

By Adam Ma'anit

4 min read

Israeli students protest outside the Ministry of Education in Tel Aviv September 1 (Flash 90)

Israeli students join strikes calling for the government to reach a hostage deal

By Jesse Wolfsthal

1 min read

Eylon Levy at Finchley hostage vigil

‘Don’t argue over Israel’ Eylon Levy urges UK Jewish community

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Idan Shtivi, whose body has been identified after being recovered from Gaza (Source: isaac_herzog/X)

Second hostage identified as Idan Shtivi

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Yaakov Amidror

By Yaakov Amidror

Israel’s ceasefire dilemma: Hamas hostages, and the price of delay

Jerusalem’s predicament: accept a phased deal that risks leaving Hamas in power, or press ahead with a Gaza City offensive that could endanger the captives but ensure long-term security

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August 29, 2025 11:13

IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip's northern borders (Image: Getty)

Body of hostage Ilan Weiss recovered after 692 days in hands of Hamas

Israeli President Issac Herzog said the recovery will bring the Weiss family closure

By Jamie Shapiro

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August 29, 2025 11:01

The body of Ilan Weiss had been held by Hamas for 692 days (Image: X/ Hen Mazig)

Hostage activists block Israel’s highways in fresh wave of pro-ceasefire protests

The demonstration, organised by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, is calling for an end to the war and the immediate return of all Hamas captives

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August 26, 2025 10:52

Pro-hostage protestors have blocked highways in a mass demonstration calling for a ceasefire and the immediate release of the remaining Hamas captives (Image: Flash90)

Hamas must capture more Zionist rats, writes editor of Qatari pro-government paper

Jaber Al-Harmi made the comment following the recent Hamas attack on an IDF position in Khan Younis

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August 26, 2025 10:52

This screengrab from a video released on August 1, 2025 by the armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, shows Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a tunnel (Photo by -/Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades/AFP via Getty Images) --AFP cannot independently verify the authenticity or location, date, and content of these images --

IDF announces that it killed Hamas terrorist who abducted Yarden Bibas

Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre

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August 20, 2025 09:24

IDF announces that it killed Hamas terrorist who abducted Yarden Bibas

‘May his memory be a revolution’: Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s family marks first yahrzeit of ‘Beautiful Six’ hostage

Israeli-American Hersh was shot dead at close range by Hamas in a tunnel under Gaza aged 23

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August 19, 2025 10:12

Hersh's gravestone, pictured earlier this year (Photo: Flash90)

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor over alleged Hamas support

The $5.83million lawsuit accuses Karim Khan of levelling false accusations against Israel, as well as providing services to terror groups.

By Amelie Botbol

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August 17, 2025 11:39

The families of three hostages have sued ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in Jerusalem (Image: Getty)

Mothers on the Front: 500 Israeli mums set up camp to call for an end to the war in Gaza

The anti-war protest group was inspired by the influential Four Mothers movement of the 1990s

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August 12, 2025 15:38

Members of the new coalition, Mothers on the Front, marched on Sunday calling for a ceasefire

Freed hostages’ daughter weds with parents by her side

Shir Siegel had previously refused to hold the ceremony until both her parents were returned from Hamas captivity

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August 12, 2025 10:53

'The image of victory': Shir Siegel wed her long-time partner in a ceremony attended by her parents, both of whom were held hostage by Hamas (Image: X/@ADL)

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