Israel confirms death of soldier, 19, held captive in Gaza
March 13, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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The Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Tuesday the death of a 19-year-old soldier taken captive on October 7. Read more
Family marks baby boy’s first birthday in Hamas captivity
January 19, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
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“It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family members and representatives of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum marked Kfir Bibas’s first birthday in Nir Oz. Read more
Israeli UN envoy: ‘How morally bankrupt has this body become?’
January 11, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped into the U.N. General Assembly during a Tuesday morning meeting while holding up a cake with the face of Kfir Bibas, who will turn one year old in the coming days. Read more
Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity
A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Read more
American-Israeli missing since Hamas attack declared dead
December 29, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
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A 70-year-old American-Israeli teacher who was shot by Hamas terrorists when out for a walk with her husband at their kibbutz on the morning of Oct. 7 has been declared dead, her community announced Thursday. Read more
Gadi Haggai, 73, first US hostage confirmed killed by Hamas
An Israeli-American is the first U.S. citizen taken hostage who has died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a group representing the families of Hamas prisoners announced on Friday. Read more
‘It reminded me of the Holocaust,’ says grandma freed from Gaza
December 21, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
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Terrified, hungry and all alone in captivity in Gaza for over a month, Argentinian-born Ofelia Roitman hoarded small pieces of pita bread from the meagre rations she received from her Hamas terrorist captors. Read more
27-year-old Israeli hostage confirmed murdered in captivity
December 17, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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The family of Israeli hostage Inbar Haiman received confirmation from the Israel Defence Forces that the 27-year-old was murdered by Hamas, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said on Saturday. Read more
Israel recovers another hostage’s body from Gaza
December 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli soldiers have recovered the body of hostage Elia Toledano, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday morning. Read more
Israeli hostage in Gaza killed in captivity
December 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Sahar Baruch, a 25-year-old Israeli who was taken hostage on October 7, has died in captivity, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Saturday of its former resident. Read more
Mideast truce talks intensify as more hostages released
International pressure is growing on Israel and Hamas to extend a truce after another exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners and humanitarian aid was delivered to the besieged Gaza Strip. Read more
Hamas releases 24 hostages during truce, more to follow
Israel has received another list of hostages set to be freed from Gaza by Palestinian militant group Hamas, following the release of 24 hostages during the first day of a planned four-day truce. Read more
Qatar wants to negotiate captured Israelis, jailed Palestinians swap
Qatari mediators have held urgent calls with Hamas to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the militant group and held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israel’s prisons, a source briefed on the talks says. Read more
Texas hostage-taker raised no red flags
The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the US but raised no red flags, the White House says. Read more