‘Brutality and cruelty’ of October 7 attack condemned

The prime minister has condemned the October 7 attack on Israel in an address to parliament, but a bid for bipartisan support has failed. Read more

Israel proposes ‘safe passage deal’ to end war in Gaza

Israel has submitted a new proposal to the United States to end the war in Gaza by freeing all of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and allowing the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar to exit the enclave, Kan News reported on Thursday. Read more

Hostage Families call on UNICEF to protect Israeli children captive in Gaza

The families of Israeli hostages reached out to UNICEF in a bid to gain the release of two children still being held in Gaza. Read more

Hostages ‘murdered shortly before we arrived,’ says Israel

Israel confirmed on Sunday morning it had recovered and identified the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Rafah. Read more

‘The circle doesn’t really close’: hostage’s son shares pain of losing father in captivity

Farhan Al Qadi, the Israeli hostage rescued alive from the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday, disclosed on Thursday that he befriended Aryeh Zalmanovich in captivity — and witnessed his death. Read more

No agreement in Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo

Washington is still “feverishly” working in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators as well as the Israelis to get a ceasefire and a hostage deal. Read more

Kamala Harris is the “pro-Jewish candidate” in this year’s U.S. presidential election

Zealots — true believers — are far worse than merely dangerous. They can be, to seriously mix metaphors here, ideological pied pipers who lead gullible, not to say dumb, lemmings into the sea. Read more

Negotiations continue

Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo on Saturday, seeking to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas. Read more

Eli Bibas fears for lives of kidnapped son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren

“Ariel loves Batman. He drew a picture and asked his teacher to write on it, ‘I fly and save people who are stuck in a pit,’” Eli Bibas, whose son Yarden, daughter-in-law Shiri and grandsons, Ariel and Kfir were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas to Gaza, told JNS on Wednesday. Read more

Israel confirms deaths of two hostages in Gaza

The Israeli military said on Monday it had confirmed the deaths of two hostages held by Hamas in Gaza based on new intelligence information. Read more

Hostage families call to maintain pressure on Hamas

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Sunday morning to demand that the government keep up the military pressure on Hamas. Read more

‘If Israel comes to rescue you, we’ll kill you’

Andrey Kozlov, rescued from Hamas captivity by the Israel Defence Forces on June 9, feels fortunate to have survived his ordeal. Read more

The trauma of pregnancy by rape added to the anguish of captivity

Relatives of women held by Hamas in Gaza participated this week in a briefing on sexual violence and forced pregnancies, as hostages mark nine months in captivity. Read more

Israeli protesters urging Gaza hostage deal block roads

Demonstrators are taking to the streets, blocking rush hour traffic at major intersections across Israel, to push for a hostage deal with Hamas. Read more

Four more hostages died in Gaza captivity: Israeli army

The Israeli military says another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 have died in captivity and that the Palestinian Islamist group is holding their bodies. Read more

Biden: Forget Ceasefire – Focus on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

President Biden has misleadingly claimed that Israel has offered a roadmap leading to an enduring ceasefire in Gaza: Read more

US plan not a good deal but Israel accepts it: Netanyahu aide

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel has accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war being advanced by US President Joe Biden. Read more

Hostages Shani Louk, Amit Buskala and Yitzhak Gelerenter laid to rest

Israelis paid their last respects on Sunday to three of four hostages whose bodies were recovered from northern Gaza during the weekend. Read more

Israel announces recovery of fourth hostage’s body

The Israel Defence Forces announced it recovered the body of a fourth hostage on Saturday night, 53-year-old Ron Benjamin. Read more

Israel documenting hostage stories amidst emotional testimonies

Former hostages released from captivity in Gaza, along with the families of current hostages, shared insights into their harrowing experiences on Monday as the government partially unveiled a project to document their stories. Read more

Prime Minister Netanyahu: ‘Capitulating to Hamas’s demands would be a terrible defeat’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday commented on the ongoing negations for the release of Israelis who have been held hostage in Gaza for the past seven months, calling media reports about them provocative and the cause of “needless suffering to the families of the hostages that are enduring a nightmare.” Read more

Divided by possible hostage deal, Israeli war cabinet meeting cancelled

A meeting of Israel’s War Cabinet scheduled for Tuesday night was cancelled as the governing coalition was divided over a possible hostage deal with Hamas. Read more

Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage

Israel says its special forces have recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza, as the Palestinian enclave’s dominant Islamist movement Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo. Read more

Freed Thai hostages wed, plan to return to Israel

Two Thai citizens who were abducted to Gaza during the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion and were later freed have married and are planning to return to Israel for work. Read more

Israeli turns 86 in Hamas captivity in Gaza

Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour, the oldest of 134 captives still being held by Hamas in Gaza, turned 86 years old on Sunday. Read more

Knesset members shocked to learn families of Israeli abductees denied mental health care

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza told shocked members of the Knesset Health Committee on Monday that they have been denied access to mental health services despite dealing with depression, dysfunction and physical exhaustion, while other family members said they felt neglected. Read more

Hamas presses on with Gaza truce talks without Israel

Hamas and Egyptian mediators are pressing on with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a truce, the release of hostages and a plan to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe. Read more

Where is the ‘humanitarian aid’ for the hostages?

The day after President Joe Biden announced that the United States would begin airdrops of humanitarian aid to Gaza, U.S. military planes parachuted pallets of food and water over the beach in the southwest of the Strip. Read more

Gaza truce in balance as Hamas seeks plan to end war

Mediators are expected to reconvene in Cairo soon and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, as pressure mounts for a pause in fighting by Ramadan. Read more

Israel agrees ceasefire framework, now up to Hamas: US

Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. Read more

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