Tag: Hostages
How and when will Israeli hostages be released?
Hamas and other terrorist groups hold some 240 captives taken during the bloody atrocities of Oct. 7. As the IDF continues its operation in the Gaza Strip to defeat Hamas and free the hostages, their...
Families of Hamas captives continue march to Jerusalem
Families of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday began the second day of their march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to bring attention to the plight of their loved ones and call...
Gallant talks Hamas war with visiting White House official
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Wednesday with U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Gallant began the meeting by expressing...
Hostages’ families to be hosted by Congress on Capitol Hill
Family members of hostages being held in Gaza, along with Israelis whose loved ones were murdered in last month’s deadly Hamas attack, will be hosted on Capitol Hill on Monday in a show of...
Granddaughter of Israeli captive urges world to act ‘really swift’
The photos and videos of Yaffa Adar, 85, being driven to Gaza on her mobility scooter by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 were seen all over the world.
Her granddaughter Orian says that she was...
Israeli hostage believed to have given birth in captivity
One of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has likely given birth in captivity, Israel announced Monday night.
Officials said the woman was nine months pregnant when she was abducted...
What price ceasefire?
The desirability of a ceasefire in the current war between Israel and Hamas—especially if it involves the release of Israeli hostages—is seemingly obvious and self-evident to everyone. Except for us.
Of course, we want, we...
Mother of freed Israeli hostage: Thank God and the IDF
A day after her daughter was rescued from Hamas captivity, the mother of Israel Defense Forces soldier Pvt. Ori Megidish on Tuesday gave a statement to the press outside the family's Kiryat Gat home.
"Dear people of...
It’s about time for a global reckoning
My staff and I had the profound honor this week of taking Or Got of Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel to Capitol Hill. Kibbutz Be’eri has been a beautiful oasis of convivial neighbors, family...
Humanitarian has two sides
In the first wrenching days after the Simchat Torah Massacre, Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz made what turned out to be an unkeepable promise: That no humanitarian relief in the form of water, fuel...