Tag: Hostages
Israel, Hamas agree to hostage deal framework, PA-led force in Gaza
The Hamas terror group has agreed to a hostages-for-ceasefire framework and mediators are negotiating the details and implementation, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night.
The Post‘s David Ignatius said that though the framework is in place, officials...
The trauma of pregnancy by rape added to the anguish of captivity
Relatives of women held by Hamas in Gaza participated this week in a briefing on sexual violence and forced pregnancies, as hostages mark nine months in captivity.
“I have five children. They are all beautiful...
Rescued hostage sues US nonprofit for ties to Gaza journalist who held him
Almog Meir Jan, one of four hostages rescued in a daring IDF raid, filed suit on Tuesday against a U.S. nonprofit for employing the Arab journalist who held him captive, thereby aiding and abetting...
‘Now is the time to close a deal that includes everyone,’ hostage’s mother pleads
“Matan is going through the torments of hell, through torture. I don’t have a way to help him. I can’t even know whether or not he is alive,” Anat Angrest, whose son Matan is...
Justice Department interviews Oct. 7 victims for case against Hamas
The U.S. Justice Department is interviewing Oct. 7 survivors and victims’ families to build a case against the terrorist organization and its financial supporters.
Former hostages and families of U.S. citizens who have been killed...
Manhattan Jews have marched in support of hostages every Shabbat since Nov. 4
Michelle Sarna and her family were visiting Israel to celebrate her mother’s birthday last year when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
The psychologist at SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox day school in the Bronx,...
Netanyahu, Biden to speak about new hostage proposal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak with President Joe Biden on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office told JNS.
While the PMO declined to comment on the nature of the conversation, Biden will reportedly...
Israel is studying latest Hamas response to hostage deal, affirms PMO
The Israeli negotiating team has received Hamas’s proposed changes to the hostages-for-ceasefire framework outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden in May, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said late Wednesday.
The United States, Qatar and Egypt—the...
Hostages’ family members say UN head Guterres listens to their plight
The head of the United Nations has been assailed by a range of Israeli officials since the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7 for any number of diplomatic offenses, mischaracterizations, false assessments...
White House admits Israel not to blame for aid failing to reach Gazans
After demanding for months that Jerusalem let more supplies enter the Gaza Strip, with Israel insisting that the bottlenecks are on the Gaza side, the U.S. appeared to come around to Israel’s position on...