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Among children’s laughter, a tribute to the Bibas family

Australia & NZ J-Wire News Service -
Kesser Torah College has honoured the memory of Shiri Bibas and her young sons, Ariel and Kfir, with the...

Shiri Bibas’s sister lights Chanukah menorah in Rafah

News JNS -
Israeli forces held a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, led by Golani Brigade...

Father of last slain Israeli hostage fears his son won’t return

News JNS -
The father of Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, one of two deceased hostages still held in Gaza, said...

Israel identifies returned body as Meny Godard

News Pesach Benson -
Israeli medical examiners confirmed that the latest body returned by Hamas was Menahem “Meny” Godard, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release

News JNS -
Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield...

Omer Shem Tov tells his story of faith, survival and unbreakable hope

Have You Heard? Community Editor -
UIA Australia will welcome Omer Shem Tov and his mother Shelly for a special visit to Sydney and Melbourne...

Netanyahu rejects partial hostage deal

News Pesach Benson -
Amid renewed reports of Hamas' flexibility on a phased ceasefire-hostage agreement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office declared Saturday night...

Australian broadcaster Erin Molan protests for hostages in Sydney

News Rolene Marks - JNS -
On August 3, nearly 22 months after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Australians...

A two-state solution? Maybe the best way to ‘ensure’ another slaughter

Featured Articles Bruce S. Ticker -
Perhaps the harshest obstacle toward a two-state solution revolves around the Palestinians’ ability to conduct international affairs, which presumably...

Gal Gadot calls for hostage return at Jerusalem Film Festival

News JNS -
Gal Gadot spoke of her hopes for the return of all the hostages held in Gaza, speaking at the opening ceremony...

Israeli envoy condemns ‘glaring silence’ from UN agencies

News Mike Wagenheim - JNS -
Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, political coordinator for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, criticised several U.N. agencies during a...

‘You are safe, you are home’: Edan Alexander back in Israel after 584 days in captivity

News Pesach Benson -
Staff Sgt. Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier, was freed after 584 days in Hamas captivity, returning to Israel...

Hostage survivor: Pulitzer Prize to antisemitic Gaza poet ‘desecrates’ memory of victims

News Pesach Benson -
A former Israeli hostage denounced the Pulitzer Prize committee for giving an award to a Palestinian journalist who spread...

Israel confirms death of soldier, 19, held captive in Gaza

News Pesach Benson -
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Tuesday the death of a 19-year-old soldier taken captive on October 7. Sgt. Itay...

Family marks baby boy’s first birthday in Hamas captivity

News Amelie Botbol -
“It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family...

Israeli UN envoy: ‘How morally bankrupt has this body become?’

News Mike Wagenheim - JNS -
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped into the U.N. General Assembly during a Tuesday morning meeting...

Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity

News TPS-IL -
A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences...

American-Israeli missing since Hamas attack declared dead

News Etgar Lefkovits -
A 70-year-old American-Israeli teacher who was shot by Hamas terrorists when out for a walk with her husband at...

Gadi Haggai, 73, first US hostage confirmed killed by Hamas

News JNS -
An Israeli-American is the first U.S. citizen taken hostage who has died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a group...

‘It reminded me of the Holocaust,’ says grandma freed from Gaza

Featured Articles Etgar Lefkovits -
Terrified, hungry and all alone in captivity in Gaza for over a month, Argentinian-born Ofelia Roitman hoarded small pieces...

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