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A message from Cornwall: Allies may be closer than you think

Cornwall Friends of Israel started with a chance conversation and has grown into a force for good

By Cynthia Hollinsworth

3 min read

Doron Steinbrecher had always dreamed of coming to London (Image: Instagram/courtesy)

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‘I loved every minute’: London dream comes true for former hostage Doron Steinbrecher

By Jamie Shapiro

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Aviva and Keith Siegel beam down at their baby granddaughter (Photo: StandWithUs)

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Former Hamas hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel welcome baby granddaugther

By JC Reporter

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I will not be intimidated, says human rights lawyer after masked Gaza mob storms his lecture screaming ‘war criminal’

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Emily Damari

Emily Damari thanks British people ‘who stood with us’ after she was taken hostage on October 7

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Emily Damari

‘I choose life’: Former hostages reflect on the ordeal of captivity on the third anniversary of October 7

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Andy Burnham

Families of former hostages urge Burnham to follow through on Starmer’s pledge to sanction Hamas members

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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Gaza hostage, 84, was held prisoner in UNRWA teacher’s attic for 48 days with ‘very little food’, daughter tells United Nations

Neta Heiman Mina, whose mum Ditza was kidnapped on October 7, challenged the UN to find alternatives to UNRWA to provide education for children in Gaza

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

September 15, 2026 18:14

Neta Ditza Heiman speaking at a UN panel discussion on human rights and education for children and youth, September 15, 2026

Joy at ex-hostage Emily Damari’s ‘impossible to imagine’ pre-wedding party

The British-Israeli celebrated love and life ahead of her wedding to fiancée Danielle Amit next week

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

August 20, 2026 12:27

Emily Damari with mother Mandy and fiancée Danielle Amit (Image: courtesy)

Former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs deeply moving concert of songs conceived in Gaza

The concert was broadcasted to an audience in London, live from Kibbutz Nir Oz

By Ben Conway

4 min read

August 11, 2026 14:41

Dekel-Chen singing on the live broadcast (photo: Ben Conway)

IDF eliminates PIJ commander who took hostages on October 7

Muhammad Khalil Muhammad Aslam also planned terror attacks in recent months, according to the Israeli military

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 29, 2026 13:34

(Illustrative) Smoke rises over buildings after an Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City on July 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Jewish children ‘are showing anxiety about being taken hostage’

Leading child therapist Saskia Joss was being interviewed on WIZO UK’s new podcast

By Alma Green

3 min read

July 29, 2026 13:28

Saskia Joss speaking on the WIZO UK Impacting Your Future podcast (Photo: WIZO UK)

By Elan Gorji

Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

Sagui wrote songs in his head while he was held captive in Gaza for nearly 500 days

2 min read

July 28, 2026 16:35

Sagui Dekel-Chen and his wife Mili, shortly after his release (Photo: Avi Ohayon)

JNF UK to livestream concert of former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen at London event

‘Music was there for me during the hardest moments’ said the JNF UK employee

By Arthur Popivker

4 min read

July 17, 2026 10:00

Sagui Dekel-Chen and his wife, Mili, soon after his release from captivity (Photo: Avi Ohayon_GPO)

Former hostage Noa Argamani reunites with rescuer at Entebbe commemoration

Argamani, whose kidnapping became one of the enduring images of October 7, shared an emotional moment with a Border Police officer who helped free her

By JC Reporter

4 min read

July 15, 2026 10:43

Noa Argamani reunites with a Yamam officer who took part in her rescue from Hamas captivity during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on July 12, 2026 (Flash90)

Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel

Israel President Isaac Herzog and other former captives were in attendance as Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov tied the knot

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 6, 2026 10:47

Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov under the chupah with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their wedding in Even Yehuda, Israel (X/IsaacHerzog)

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hostages

A message from Cornwall: Allies may be closer than you think

‘I loved every minute’: London dream comes true for former hostage Doron Steinbrecher

Former Hamas hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel welcome baby granddaugther

I will not be intimidated, says human rights lawyer after masked Gaza mob storms his lecture screaming ‘war criminal’

Emily Damari thanks British people ‘who stood with us’ after she was taken hostage on October 7

‘I choose life’: Former hostages reflect on the ordeal of captivity on the third anniversary of October 7

Families of former hostages urge Burnham to follow through on Starmer’s pledge to sanction Hamas members

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