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On This Day: Final living hostages return from Gaza, as Trump addresses Knesset following ceasefire

Additionally, the remains of four murdered hostages, Yossi Sharabi, Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, and Captain Daniel Peretz, were returned to Israel that evening for burial.

Netanyahu says Israel released Lebanese civilians in exchange for information on slain Jewish leaders

The Israeli military has yet to respond to Haaretz's inquiries on how long the civilians, whom Israeli forces captured in occupied parts of Lebanon and who weren't suspected of ter...

IDF kills Hamas commander who held several former Israeli hostages in Gaza City strikes

The former hostages Yazji held captive include Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest.

Israeli schools' Oct. 7 memorial guidelines include outdated references to hostages

Ministry guidelines still urge students to hope for the hostages' return, months after the last hostage remains were recovered

October 7 hostage details Gaza hell at hands of Hamas kidnappers

Avinatan Or said his captors 'took everything for him' during his 738 days in Hamas captivity after being taken from the Nova music festival on October 7 2023.

IDF says it killed Hamas commander involved in holding seven hostages

Ex-IDF hostage chief: All captives could have been freed a year earlier

Major General (res.) Nitzan Alon, who was tasked with coordinating efforts to secure the hostages' return, said prolonging the Gaza war cost lives and that protests for the hostage...

'I still have nightmares': freed Israeli hostage recounts two years in Hamas captivity

In his first foreign outlet interview with CNN, Evyatar David said he could barely say and do the things his captors demanded of him for propaganda videos due to his weakened state...

Israel's hostage crisis is over. What happens to the ribbons, pins and dog-tags?

A new exhibit at New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage collects objects worn during the Israeli hostage crisis in Gaza, as American Jews reckon with what to keep and what to let go

The Israeli messianic ideology that prioritized eternal war over hostage lives

Netanyahu's alliance with religious Zionist pressure groups fueled a doctrine of 'eternal war,' sidelining efforts to end hostilities and bring hostages home sooner

‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers 

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – In the days following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, the families of the hostages held in Gaza turned the plaza next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art into what be...

Five Lebanese detainees return home after release from Israel

ALBAWABA — Somali authorities say Turkish and Somali soldiers have liberated a commercial vessel held for 10 days by pirates off Somalia, killing 14 armed men and destroying four p...

‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers 

Israelis grapple with the effects of the worst attack in the country’s history, and fears that another could occur. -- The post ‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears...

Israeli forces kill global jihadist terrorist who kidnapped Noa Argamani on October 7

Later in the day, the IDF and Shin Bet announced that they killed Muhammad Hamad Muhammad Gabain, a commander in Hamas' military wing, who was involved in holding nine hostages abd...

From the hostages to protective presence: Israelis know it's on them

From memorials to protective presence and saving their own lives: With a government that only prioritizes its own political survival, Israeli civil society has prevailed where its...

Emily Damari shares unreleased hostage photos, says surviving Hamas captivity was a miracle

"Three years ago at this time on Simchat Torah I was deep, deep in the Gaza Strip," Damari wrote in her post.

Hostage families became a political prize. But not for the party that championed their cause

The largely anti-Netanyahu campaign to bring captives home turned hostage relatives into some of Israel's most recognizable public figures. When election season came, many found th...

October 7 families denounce events with Israeli hostage negotiator Ron Dermer in California

Ron Dermer's activities postponed the release of hostages, the families say in rebuke to Israeli-American Council: 'The privilege of being given a public platform should be earned...

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov recalls loneliness, hunger, abuse during Hamas captivity

“It bothers me when people tell me I’m a hero,” Shem Tov said of his release from captivity. “I don’t think I’m a hero. This was a reality that was forced on me."

American Israeli held hostage by Hamas performs songs of survival and hope

Recently, the small Israeli town of Nir Oz, devastated by the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, held a unique concert. The singer was not a professional musician, but an American Israeli m...

Israeli general: Gaza captives could have been freed a year earlier

Israeli Gen. Nitzan Alon told a Washington Institute forum that all Gaza captives could've been freed a year earlier.

Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari marries partner Dani Amit in Tel Aviv wedding celebration

The couple had gotten engaged in January, 2026, one year after Damari was released from Hamas captivity.

Their loved ones returned from Gaza. But for these Israeli families, the ordeal isn't over

Lishay Miran-Lavi spends her week in therapy. Ofri Bibas is learning to live with grief. Yoav Engel feels abandoned by the state. Viki Cohen hopes the election will bring relief. F...

For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge

Gali and Ziv Berman were taken hostage when their kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. They were freed a year ago but are still adjusting to freedom and trying to rebuild their li...