October 7National protest to demand release of hostages in central London this SundayThousands of people are likely to attend the demonstration, which has the backing of Masorti, Progressive, Orthodox, and S&P Sephardi CommunitiesBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
HostagesEvyatar David: ‘Torturous video of my skeletal brother is meant to break us, but it won’t’Ilay David cannot bring himself to watch the footage of his emaciated brotherBy Amelie Botbol 3 min read
Holocaust survivors‘They are in the same state I was in’: Holocaust survivors ‘hurt and angered’ by latest hostage videosSurvivors Naftaly Furst and Batya Rapoport shared their horror at newly-released images of Evyatar David and Rom BraslavskiBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
HamasHamas releases video of starving hostage forced to ‘dig his own grave’Videos released by terror groups in Gaza are the first signs of life of Israeli hostages in monthsBy JC Reporter2 min read
HamasHostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawalThe terror group said it wouldn’t come back to the table until more aid entered Gaza, while Israel’s far-right finance minister claimed only the its ‘total surrender’ would be acceptedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
HostagesIslamic Jihad airs video of hostage Rom Braslavski ‘on the brink of death’Appearing weak with a strained voice, Braslavski said he spends 24 hours a day on a mattress and often tied upBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Office of the Chief RabbiChief Rabbi: UK recognition of Palestine ‘a profound betrayal’Sir Ephraim Mirvis fears it will make diaspora Jews more vulnerableBy Gaby Wine2 min read
Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaignNew research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||August 1, 2025 09:42
‘I love you more than my life’: sister of Nepali hostage makes heartbreaking plea for his releaseNepali agricultural student Bipin Joshi was taken hostage from a kibbutz on October 7 – and there has been no news sinceBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read||July 31, 2025 13:42
Communal leaders demand clarity on hostages following Palestine recognition announcementBoth the Board of Deputies and the JLC urged the prime minister to refrain from recognition as long as Hamas holds captives in GazaBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||July 31, 2025 12:48
Far-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over HamasAmichai Eliyahu said the issue of the 50 captives still held by Hamas should be ‘dealt with at the end’ of the warBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 30, 2025 14:33
‘Shame on you’: released British hostage Emily Damari accuses Starmer of ‘moral failure’ over Palestine recognitionLawyers representing British hostage relatives and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum have both issued statements also condemning the government’s announcementBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||July 30, 2025 12:23
Released Filipino hostage names his new baby daughter IsraelaJimmy Pacheco was abducted from kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, and spent 49 days in captivity in GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 29, 2025 16:06
Emily Damari was held in cages crawling with cockroachesThe British-Israeli citizen is calling for the freedom of the 50 remaining hostagesBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 27, 2025 11:45
‘I survived by connecting with my Hamas captors’ says freed Israeli hostageOmer Shem Tov was in London for the UK premier of a documentary about his 505 days held hostageBy Gaby Wine5 min read||July 25, 2025 08:26
Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it has lost contact with terrorists holding Nova survivor hostageRom Braslavski was working as a security guard at the music festival and saved several lives before being abductedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 23, 2025 10:46
