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Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, at a U.N. ceremony memorializing Oded Lifshitz and Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas at U.N. headquarters in New York, Feb. 24, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.

Dozens of envoys attend UN memorial for Oded Lifshitz, and Shiri, Ariel and Kfir...

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Dozens of United Nations ambassadors attended a ceremony at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Monday that memorialized Oded Lifshitz and Shiri Bibas—and her sons Ariel and Kfir—all four of whom were murdered...
Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Jan. 30, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Witkoff said to postpone Israel visit amid efforts to stop Russia-Ukraine war

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U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is postponing his visit to Israel for "several days," Walla reported Tuesday, citing a source in Washington. The decision to delay the trip, which was scheduled for Wednesday, was taken amid...
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. fans cheer alongside a PLO flag during a match against Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin on April 25, 2016. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Israeli-Arab soccer match announcer dismissed after hailing Hamas

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The match announcer of Israel Premier League soccer team Bnei Sakhnin F.C. was dismissed on Monday after an interview in which he praised Hamas surfaced in Hebrew media. Saeed Hassanain, who is a long-time Israeli...
Hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David being forced to watch the ceremony of other captives being released in the Hamas propaganda video, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. Source: X.

‘It is very hard to see your son begging for his life’

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“Looking at their scared, frightened faces, begging to come out, wanting to be like their friends who got released, it is very hard to see your son begging for his life, asking to come...
People gather outside of the Kirya base in Tel Aviv on the day that the bodies of four Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity, including the youngest two, Ariel and Kfir Bibas (a broken heart shows their last name in Hebrew) and their mother, Shiri Bibas, on Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Thousands expected to pay respects to Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas

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The burial of Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas will take place on Wednesday in a private, closed funeral, but the general public is encouraged to pay their respects along the route leading to the...
Ariel Bibas holds his baby brother Kfir. Credit: The Hostage and Missing Families Forum.

So much to mourn …

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How does one adequately mourn a baby of barely 9 months, who was just beginning to crawl and eat solid food? How does one mourn a 4-year-old who loved Batman and had sparkling eyes...

Rose Girone, the Longest-Living Holocaust Survivor, Passes Away at 113

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Rose Girone, recognized as the world's longest-living Holocaust survivor, passed away on February 24, 2025, in Bellmore, New York, at the age of 113. Her daughter, Reha Bennicasa, reported that the cause of death...

Jihadist criminality and Israeli law-enforcement

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Immediately following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, a reconfiguration of jihadi groups began to take shape. In ways not yet fully understood, this complex reconfiguration is being accelerated by Israel-Hamas hostage...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his study. Credit: The Rabbi Sacks Legacy.

‘Books & Beyond’ podcast explores the teachings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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Tanya White, the Sacks Scholar and lecturer at Bar-Ilan University on Jewish philosophy, alongside The Rabbi Sacks Legacy organization, has launched “Books & Beyond: The Rabbi Sacks Podcast.” Created and hosted by White, the podcast series...
A collage of hostages kidnapped from Israel and taken to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas and other terror groups, April 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Surviving hell: Israeli hostages bear witness to horrors

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As hostages are being released in a slow and painful process, the captives and their families are suffering devastating psychological effects, now 500 days since the brutal Oct. 7 massacre. The families of hostages...