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'If we withdraw before it's all over, it will happen again in 10 years,' says father of released hostage

Thomas Hand, father of released hostage 9-year-old Emily, says: 'We must win. If we don't then all the tragedies will be in vain - the murders, the rapes, the looting. We must finish the job'

Itamar Eichner | 02.28.24

שיגורים שיגור מטח רקטה רקטות מדרום לבנון לישראל

Constant skirmishes with Hezbollah could eventually spell war in north

Analysis: This string of back-and-forth attacks from both sides can only last for so long before it provokes the kind of escalation that there's no going back from, and this could derail any hostage deal currently being mediated by the US, Egypt and UAE

Ron Ben-Yishai | 02.27.24

נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג ורעייתו מיכל נפגשו עם אורי מגידיש שחזרה מהשבי

Almost 4 months after being rescued from Hamas captivity, Ori Magidish returns to service

The reconnaissance soldier abducted from Nahal Oz base who was rescued in a dramatic IDF and the Shin Bet operation returns to her IDF service; last week, she told American donors about Oct. 7: 'We waited for hours for someone to come and rescue us'

Yoav Zitun | 02.26.24

Saudi report says Sinwar escaped gaza to Egypt, Israel denies

Saudi news site Elaph cites unnamed Israeli security sources who claim that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar used the extensive tunnel system running between Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula to flee the Israeli manhunt and that he took some Israeli hostages with him; A senior Israeli security official denied the report, saying that there is no intelligence to back it up.

Lior Ben Ari, Yoav Zitun | 02.20.24

תיעודים של בני משפחת ביבס מובלים ב-7 באוקטובר על ידי חוטפיהם בעזה, מזרח חאן יונס

Wrapped in blanket, led by terrorists: IDF reveals video of Bibas family on southern Gaza street

Watch: Security camera video from Gaza show Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, alive on October 7; video was already shown to their family members, who gave their consent to make it public; IDF: 'We are concerned about their fate and we are very worried'

Yoav Zitun, Roni Green Shaulov | 02.19.24

For hostages: Noa Kirel shows off yellow ribbon outfit at People's Choice Awards

Israeli pop star walks People's Choice Awards red carpet with sizable yellow ribbon on, reminding the world of 134 hostages languishing in Hamas captivity

Bar Zaga | 02.19.24

Gal Hirsch is Israel's coordinator of prisoners and missing persons; Palestinian refugees in tents in Gaza

IDF will go to Rafah next because 'many hostages' held there, hostage coordinator says

Gal Hirsch tells CNN at the Munich Security Conference that the military will try to avoid harming Palestinian civilians but 'Rafah must be next, because we must release the hostages'

Ynet | 02.18.24

Hostages' bodies held in Khan Younis hospital, IDF says

Terrorist admitted during interrogation that Hamas operatives operated out of the Nasser hospital and said that 'Hamas uses hospitals as places for terrorism,' IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari revealed; 'The hospital held hostages and the bodies of hostages'

Roi Rubinstein, Yoav Zitun | 02.16.24

Death of Gaza hostage abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz announced

Yair (Yaya) Yaakov, 59, was murdered on October 7 and his body is being held in Gaza by Hamas, the kibbutz announces on the 132nd day of the Gaza war; 'Dad, take care of me in heaven. I love you and I will not forget you, you will always be in my heart'

Matan Tzuri | 02.15.24

'There's a considerable chance you'll come back injured, if not worse'

Highly trained 4-person rescue team recounts fateful mission to free Israeli hostages Fernando Marman and Luis Har from terrorists in Gaza, sharing intriguing details about weeks of extensive preparations and anxious wait

Meir Turgeman, Oded Shalom | 02.15.24

After rescue operation, Gazan families holding hostages have cause for concern

Analysis: Operation weakens Hamas' perceived ability to safeguard its prime asset and erodes trust of local families entrusted with Israeli captives; concerns may lead some to consider transferring them to prevent harm

Avi Issacharoff | 02.14.24

Isolated, on constant run: the hunt after Sinwar continues

Israeli officials say Hamas leader moving through tunnels, using hostages as human shields, and unable to communicate with outside world

Yoav Zitun, Moran Azulay | 02.14.24

Watch the battles in Rafah during the rescue of hostages Fernando and Luis

An unusual video released by the IDF shows Israeli security forces fighting outside the building where the two hostages were held. This is what the dramatic moments before the rescue of the two Israeli hostages after 129 days in captivity looked like

Meir Turgeman | 02.13.24

עדותה של אגם גולדטשיין-אלמוג על הפשעים המיניים שבוצעו בשבי חמאס

'He held a gun to her head and started kissing her, she started crying': Former hostage talks about Hamas sex crimes

The documentary 'Screams Before Silence' by ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg presents the testimony of Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17, who tells of a conversation she had while held hostage in Gaza with another young woman: 'She told me that he took off her all her clothes, and never put his gun away from her head'

Ynet | 02.13.24

Squad leader at heliborne extraction unit recounts hostage rescue from Rafah

He has been involved in countless operations but retrieving hostages behind enemy lines, reuniting them with families, made Captain (res.) D aware of importance of avoiding mishaps, as entire nation looks on praying for their safe return

Nina Fox | 02.13.24

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