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Alon Ohel à son retour chez lui

3 min

Survivor Testimonies

‘They took everything but my will to live’: Alon Ohel details torture in Gaza

Former Israeli hostage Alon Ohel has shared a harrowing account of his two years in Hamas captivity, detailing torture, sexual harassment, starvation, and psychological abuse

Read time: 3 min.


Goni, fils de Meny Godard, prononce un discours

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Thousands attend funeral of Israeli hostage Meny Godard in Kibbutz Be'eri

Godard’s son, Goni, delivered a heartfelt eulogy, expressing both sorrow and gratitude. “Forgive me for not being able to save you and mom. Forgive me for not always being a good son,” he said

Read time: 2 min.


L’otage libéré Avinatan Or et sa compagne, l’ex-otage Noa Argamani, sont transportés par hélicoptère de l’armée de l’air israélienne vers un hôpital du centre d’Israël, après sa libération de captivité par le Hamas, le 13 octobre 2025.

4 min

Survivor Testimonies

Released hostage speaks of attempted escape from Hamas tunnels

Avinatan Or describes his captivity and how he had at one point attempted to escape, digging himself out of the tunnel and marking a sandbag with the word 'hostage,' until his captors found out

Read time: 4 min.


Eli Sharabi

2 min

Society

Eli Sharabi memoir named in Time Magazine’s Top 100 Books of 2025

The English edition reached No. 4 on The New York Times bestseller list within a week of release

Read time: 2 min.


Red Cross vehicles waiting for instructions from Hamas as to where to go to pick up the hostages

1 min

Israel-Hamas war

Coffin carrying deceased hostage crosses border into Israel ahead of identification process | LIVE BLOG

IDF troops operating near the West Bank settlement Karmei Zur eliminated two terrorists setting out to carry out a terror attack

Read time: 1 min.


Right to left: Eitan Levy, Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch

4 min

Israel-Hamas war

Israel identifies the bodies of 3 hostages: Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levi, Tamir Nimrodi

Hostage Families Forum accused Hamas of breaking the terms by releasing only 7 of 28 hostages’ bodies and demanded the Israeli government take firm action, calling the situation a “terrible injustice”

Read time: 4 min.


Red Cross vehicles waiting for instructions from Hamas as to where to go to pick up the hostages

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Hamas publishes list of living hostages to be released today

These hostages will be returning to Israel as part of the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal after over two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza, where they were captured and taken hostage on October 7

Read time: 2 min.


Red Cross vehicles carrying released hostages who were the first to be released in a deal with Hamas, seen at Rafah crossing,  Gaza Strip, November 24, 2023.

4 min

Israel-Hamas war

Israeli medical teams ready for large-scale hostage reception at 8am

Brig. Gen. Gal Hirsch, Israel’s Coordinator for POWs and Missing Persons, outlined the final preparations and logistical plans ahead of the anticipated return of hostages from Gaza Monday morning

Read time: 4 min.


Protestors on Ayalon highway in Israel rallying for Israel to end the war with Hamas and bring back the Israeli hostages

1 min

Israel-Hamas war

Protesters block major highways during nationwide demonstrations | LIVE BLOG

Hostage families launch another day of major demonstrations marking 690 days since Oct 7: 'Today Israel stands together, by our side, by the side of our loved ones'

Read time: 1 min.


Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir

4 min

Israel-Hamas war

Ministers slammed for condemning nationwide day of strikes organized by hostage families

'This is what a cynical political maneuver on the backs of the hostages looks like'

Read time: 4 min.


L'envoyé spécial des États-Unis au Moyen-Orient, Steve Witkoff, prononce un discours dans le bureau ovale de la Maison Blanche, le 28 mai 2025

1 min

Israel-Hamas war

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is heading to the region after visiting Europe

Indicating potential progress in ongoing hostage deal and Israel-Gaza ceasefire negotiations

Read time: 1 min.


Avera Mengistu

2 min

Politics

Mengistu discharged from hospital 5 months after release from Gaza

"We are very proud of the journey Avera has been on since returning from captivity," said his sister, Alemnesh Mengistu

Read time: 2 min.


Israeli forces maneuvering in the Gaza Strip

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Report: Ceasefire deal may take a week or 2, not days - Israeli official

Israel, meanwhile, demands Hamas 'lay down its arms,' the official said, and will only 'offer a temporary ceasefire' otherwise before the military will 'proceed with military operations'

Read time: 2 min.


Israeli reserve soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

Hamas demands ceasefire goes on as long as talks continue - report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier called Hamas’ changes and revisions to the most recent proposal 'unacceptable,' despite sending the delegation to Qatar

Read time: 3 min.


Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir

3 min

Politics

Ben Gvir seeks alliance with Smotrich to oppose Gaza ceasefire

Faced with this maneuver, opposition leader Yair Lapid immediately turned to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offering him crucial parliamentary support

Read time: 3 min.


IDF soldiers maneuvering in the Gaza Strip

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Egypt demands Hamas clarify status of hostages in Gaza - report

Hamas is demanding a complete halt of hostilities and a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza in exchange for all living hostages and the bodies of the slain, the report said

Read time: 2 min.


2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Hamas video of hostage Omri Miran approved for publication by family

This is another sign of life from the kidnapped, after in the past, the Hamas terrorist organization published his documentation alongside survivor Keith Siegal

Read time: 2 min.


File image of Hostages Square in Tel Aviv

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

'Death sentence' for remaining hostages: Released captives slam Gazan fighting

Emily Damari addressed her friends, abducted twins Gali and Ziv Bergman from Kfar Azar, in an Instagram story: 'Gali, Ziv and the rest of the abductees – we will continue to fight without a break'

Read time: 3 min.


Ephraïm Herrera

3 min

Analysis & Opinion

'Among the Mujahideen and Hamas, Jewish blood is permitted'

'When they smash children and kill them, nothing has happened for them, since these are the sons of infidels,' he asserted

Read time: 3 min.


Gilad Shalit, a former Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip for more than five years

2 min

Israel

Palestinian soccer player revealed as captor of ex-hostage Gilad Shalit

A year after Shalit was released from captivity in 2011, the two were even both invited as guests Barcelona FC to attend a game against Madrid, but Hamas prevented the meeting between them

Read time: 2 min.


Ziv (right) and Gali Berman

1 min

Israel-Hamas war

Family of twin captives Gali, Ziv Berman receive sign of life

The confirmation that they live was given by survivors who returned, who said the 27-year-old twins are being held separately and are not in good condition

Read time: 1 min.


Shlomo Mansour

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

Shlomo Mansour declared murdered on October 7 – body still held by Hamas

Mansour was supposed to be released as part of the upcoming exchanges in the first phase of the deal • 'Shlomo was much more than a community man for us... the beating heart of Kibbutz Kisufim'

Read time: 3 min.


Ofer Calderon

2 min

Survivor Testimonies

Ofer Kalderon: Hostages starve, go months without shower in Gaza tunnels

Kalderon, released last week after 484 days as a hostage, revealed new and particularly difficult details from his time in Gaza • 'Hamas is a brutal enemy who will not hesitate to harm the abductees'

Read time: 2 min.


Release of Palestinian prisoners to Gaza on January 26, 2025

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

70 Palestinian prisoners stranded in Egypt hotel: 'No country wants them'

Turkey and Qatar commit to only hosting a portion, while ex-prisoners complain of a 'cold reception' in Egypt

Read time: 2 min.


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