Tag: Hostages
Hersh Goldberg-Polin laid to rest in Jerusalem
Slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was laid to rest at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery on Monday, two days after his body was retrieved from a tunnel in southern Gaza.
Ahead of the funeral ceremony, which started at...
Israel’s unhinged political left: A deadly delusion
Early Sunday morning, we learned the tragic news that Hamas had murdered six more of our hostages. And sadly, true to form, Israel’s most radical left is focused on undermining the Netanyahu government rather...
On petitions, hostages and hypocritical rabbis
More than 90 rabbis and cantors signed a letter this month to Israel’s prime minister, demanding that Israel cease firing at Hamas and release a large number of terrorists to gain the release of...
Father of captive soldier pushes for bipartisan support in US
“We, the families of the hostages, would have wanted to see some calm in the region that would expedite the negotiations,” Ruby Chen, the father of American-Israeli IDF Sgt. Itay Chen, 19, told JNS on Sunday.
“But...
Reports of ‘near collapse’ of Cairo negotiations untrue, Kirby says
Discussions between Israel and Hamas in Cairo have been “constructive” and ongoing, and media reports of a “near collapse” of negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal are inaccurate, John Kirby told reporters...
Multimedia tunnel exhibit in Boston offers ‘glimpse’ of experiences of hostages in Gaza
Some 1,200 people signed up to visit a multimedia tunnel exhibition on City Hall Plaza in Boston that simulates the experiences of hostages whom Hamas continues to hold underground in Gaza.
The exhibit, which ran...
Gunshot evidence found in bodies of hostages recovered from Gaza
Bullet fragments were discovered in at least some of the corpses of six Israeli hostages retrieved from Khan Yunis in Gaza this week, according to information shared with their families.
This finding lends credence to the theory...
Hamas is exploiting dead hostages
The news that Hamas was planning to dig up corpses from an old British cemetery in the Gaza Strip to pressure the British government to turn against Israel shines a spotlight on a question...
Netanyahu demands swift release of living hostages, control of ‘security assets’
Israel will continue to press for a truce deal that will free as many living hostages as possible while retaining security control over key areas of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed during a meeting with...
‘Incumbent’ on Hamas to accept hostage deal, as Israel has, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Hamas terror group to accept the latest proposal for a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Israel on Monday, speaking following meetings with senior officials in Jerusalem.
“In a very...