Tag: Hostages
Katz: Return of hostages is foreign ministry’s top priority
Newly-installed Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday vowed to make the return of the more than 120 hostages still held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip his ministry's top priority.
"Today, I assumed...
The Hamas winter is coming …
The year is coming to an end, but the fighting in Gaza will not. With nearly 20,000 Gazans (a great number of whom are Hamas terrorists) and nearly 500 (154 since the ground invasion)...
Mia Shem opens up about Gaza captivity: ‘Everyone there is a terrorist’
In her first television interview since being released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip four weeks ago, Israeli Mia Shem opens up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Palestinian residents...
A mother prays for a sign of life from her captive son
“I love you, stay strong, survive.”
These are the words Rachel Goldberg utters daily since Hamas terrorists kidnapped her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, during the organization's Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 people in the northwestern...
IDF dog cam shows hostages escaping, days before deaths by friendly fire
GoPro camera footage obtained from an IDF dog shows how Golani Brigade infantrymen killed terrorists holding three Israeli hostages, allowing them to escape. Five days later, the escaped hostages were mistaken for terrorists and...
Seinfeld visits Be’eri during solidarity visit to Israel
American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Tuesday toured Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas's Oct. 7 onslaught on the northwestern Negev.
The entertainer, who is of Ashkenazi and...
Israel signals readiness for another hostage exchange
Israeli leaders have signaled their willingness to negotiate another hostage exchange with AFP reporting that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh will visit Egypt on Wednesday to hold talks.
Hamas still holds 129 hostages. One hundred ten have been...
IDF hits over 300 targets in Gaza; hundreds of terrorists surrender
Israeli ground, air and naval forces struck more than 300 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, causing heavy Hamas casualties and destroying terror infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Wednesday...
Qatar uses Israeli hostages to extend lifeline to Hamas
While the U.S. pressures Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory, Doha is instead trying to leverage its mediation to secure the terrorist groups’ future in the Gulf state.
“Qatar is under very heavy pressure from...
Israeli hostage, 27, confirmed murdered in Hamas captivity
The family of Inbar Haiman has received confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces that the 27-year-old was murdered in captivity by Hamas, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said on Saturday.
Haiman was captured by...