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פעילות כוחות צה"ל ברצועת עזה במהלך השנתיים האחרונות

Israel weighs ground operation in Gaza as Hamas rebuilds, report says

IDF reportedly draws up plans for renewed ground operations inside Hamas‑held areas, amid intelligence assessments that terror group is restoring tunnels, funding fighters and strengthening its forces as postwar governance remains unresolved

ynet | 01.10.26

Review: '12 Hours in October' shows the risks of turning Oct. 7 into cinema

Good intentions are no substitute for art or morality: Danny A.’s film on Apple TV Plus seeks to revisit national trauma but collapses into crude direction, propagandistic writing and hollow images that recycle pain rather than confront it

Erez Dvora | 01.09.26

'Now they understand': Former hostage Avera Mengistu's cousin on years of silence, loss and longing for closure

Gil Elias, cousin of Ethiopian Israeli held for 11 years by Hamas in Gaza, shares the pain of years without answers—of lost brothers, ignored pleas and silent grief; Everything changed after Oct. 7; 'We were alone. Now, maybe, there’s hope—and healing'

Lihi Gordon | 01.06.26

Trump promised no Gaza reconstruction until last hostage returns, father says

While Hamas claims can't locate Ran Gvili's body, his father says after Washington visit that US president vowed to apply pressure and bring October 7 hero back home

Alexandra Lukash | 01.05.26

הוריו של רן גווילי ישבו לארוחת ראש השנה בלעדיו

Mother of last hostage returns from US: ‘Americans believe Hamas really doesn’t know where his body is’

Talik Gvili, whose son Ran was killed on Oct. 7 and abducted to Gaza, says US officials are committed to bringing him home after meeting Trump, but she remains deeply troubled by their assessment of Hamas’ claims

Lihi Gordon | 01.04.26

'When I got out, I knew I wanted a family': Former hostage Omer Wenkert on life after 505 days in Gaza

Abducted from the Nova music festival and held for 505 days, Omer Wenkert reunites with Adi Taub, his closest friend and now partner, as they share how trauma brought them together and why building a family is their next goal

Dina Halutz | 12.31.25

מציגים את הקעקוע המשותף לזכרו. חבריו של רני בנקודה האחרונה בה נצפה

Friends wait for Ran Gvili, honor him with tattoo: 'Rani was the Iron Man'

They grew up together in Meitar, a tight-knit group that saw itself as family; on Oct. 6, they partied together; the next morning, they thought Rani had stayed back due to a shoulder injury, until a call revealed he was in a firefight with terrorists

Lihi Gordon | 12.30.25

אלקנה בוחבוט, ביחד עם אשתו רבקה ובנו ראם

Ex-hostage Elkana Bohbot: ‘Hamas tried to stage a suicide video, so they shattered my hand’

A Nova festival organizer held for 738 days in Hamas captivity describes systematic physical and psychological abuse, the lies told about his wife and mother, and the long, painful road to rehabilitation after returning home: 'Underground, there is no difference between you and a dead person, you are a corpse with a beating heart'

Hagar Kochavi | 12.29.25

Former Gaza hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky get engaged

Three months after his release from Gaza captivity, Zangauker proposed to his partner Ilana, herself a former hostage, as his mother Einav called the engagement 'my victory photo'

ynet Global | 12.29.25

Israel detained jihadist terrorist from heart of Gaza City, in attempt to recover body of Ran Gvili

Palestinian sources told a Saudi newspaper that 'an Israeli special force nabbed an Islamic Jihad operative, not far from Palestine Square in Gaza City'; They claimed the IDF believes the operative has a direct connection to the holding of the last remaining hostage

Einav Halabi | 12.28.25

'The mission will be completed': the secret unit hunting Oct. 7 terrorists

Inside a covert IDF intelligence cell tasked with identifying and eliminating every attacker from Oct. 7, officers reveal for the first time how kidnappers were tracked, killers exposed by phone calls and a target struck at the most unexpected moment

Eti Abramov | 12.26.25

Former hostage Romi Gonen recounts sexual abuse in Gaza captivity: ‘Fear paralyzed me’

The former hostage said she was sexually abused four times in Gaza; she described the third assault as the worst, saying her captor threatened her with a gun

ynet | 12.25.25

Former Gaza hostage Alon Ohel to take stage in one-night Tel Aviv concert

Ohel, freed after 738 days in captivity, will perform with leading Israeli artists in February, with all proceeds from the show dedicated to his rehabilitation

Ran Boker | 12.24.25

'This is Daddy’s house too': after captivity, a family relearns how to be whole

Two months after Omri Miran returned from Hamas captivity, his wife Lishay and their young daughters are navigating trauma, recovery and fragile firsts, caught between ordinary moments and the lasting scars of Oct. 7

Smadar Shir | 12.22.25

שירה גואילי, אחותו של החלל החטוף האחרון רן גואילי ז"ל בעזה, במסע לבד לארה״ב

Sister of Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza, hopes for miracle during political journey to US

Shiri is on an advocacy campaign in the US and is begging that the slogan 'Until the last hostage' will become a reality; She has spoke at the White House, the UN and in front of members of Congress; 'I don’t feel alone. I feel last'

Alexandra Lukash, Lihi Gordon | 12.21.25

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