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Hamas to transfer Gaza evidence to Israel for forensic testing, official says

Jerusalem denies Al Jazeera report claiming hostage remains handed over to Red Cross, says item found in Gaza’s Zeitoun neighborhood sent for testing

Einav Halabi | 11.17.25

Family of slain hostage urges swift action, citing complex recovery operations

Relatives of Dror Or, murdered and taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, say retrieving his remains requires complex, coordinated operations; call on Israel and international actors to act urgently as two other hostage bodies remain in Gaza after more than 770 days

Alexandra Lukash | 11.17.25

'I got out and saw the stars': Ex-hostage Avinatan Or details Gaza escape attempt and brutal captivity

Or, abducted from Nova music festival and held for over two years, recounts failed escape from Hamas tunnel that led to severe beatings and solitary confinement; says unity and love kept him going through darkness in Hamas captivity

ynet | 11.17.25

Freed hostage Rom Braslavski slams government for neglect: ‘I’m abandoned by the state’

Freed hostage Rom Braslavski says Netanyahu and Ben Gvir haven’t contacted him; suffering severe trauma, he says the state mocks survivors, while citizen donations keep him going: 'About 10 panic attacks a day. I love you, people of Israel'

ynet | 11.17.25

Mother of fallen hostage Ran Gvili fears son will become a Hamas symbol like Hadar Goldin

Ran Gvili’s mother says she is clinging to hope as families of the remaining hostages press the government to prioritize their return

Alexandra Lukash | 11.16.25

Hostage Square rally: Families, survivors call for return of remaining hostages still in Gaza

At the Hostage Square rally, survivor Maxim Herkin urged a final push to free the three slain hostages still in Gaza; Nova survivor Guy Gilboa Dalal spoke for the first time about learning his friends were killed; in Sha'ar HaNegev, families said returning revived painful memories

Meir Turgeman, Roni Green Shaulov | 11.15.25

Ayelet Goldin after brother Hadar’s burial: 'The people brought back the hostages'

After 11 years of fighting to bring her brother Hadar home from Gaza, Ayelet Goldin reflects on the struggle: 'The religious leadership failed us, they didn't fight for the most important commandment of all'; after his burial this week, she adds: 'Don’t mess with the family of Israel'

Eti Abramov | 11.14.25

Family of fallen hostage Meny Godard finds closure: 'Our father is home'

The family of Meny Godard, kidnapped and killed in Gaza, welcomed his return after 769 days: 'Our father is home. Not the home we hoped for, but the soil of the Land of Israel that he loved so much. We can breathe'; the Hostages Forum released a video of him and his wife filmed during a 2021 operation

ynet | 11.14.25

Parents of freed hostage Itay Chen demand state inquiry: 'Where was intelligence on October 7?'

Grieving parents of freed soldier Itay Chen say they won’t forgive the government for intelligence failures and demand a state inquiry into the October 7 attacks

Lihi Gordon | 11.14.25

Body of Israeli hostage identified as Meny Godard, 73, killed in Be'eri on Oct. 7

More than two years after he was murdered and taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, the body of Meny Godard was returned to Israel; the beloved Be'eri striker and youth coach was killed with his wife Ayelet during the terror attack on their home

ynet correspondents | 11.13.25

דיר אל בלח עזה רכבים הצלב האדום עם גופות חללים חטופים עושים את דרכם לישראל

In Israeli hands: body of slain hostage taken to forensic identification

After Hamas and Islamic Jihad reported discovering a hostage’s body, the Red Cross recovers the remains and hands them over to the IDF; body transferred to National Center of Forensic Medicine

Einav Halabi, Yoav Zitun | 11.13.25

Islamic Jihad and Hamas announce they will hand over a hostage body tonight

Four days after Hadar Goldin was reburied in Israel, terrorist organizations in Gaza announced that during searches south of Khan Yunis, a hostage body was found and will be transferred to the Red Cross at 8:00 p.m.; Four hostages' bodies are still being held in the Gaza Strip

Einav Halabi | 11.13.25

Eli Sharabi’s memoir named among Time magazine’s 100 must-read books of 2025

Entitled 'Hostage,' book recounting Sharabi's 491 days in Hamas captivity earns a spot on Time magazine’s list of 100 must-read books for 2025, alongside works by Margaret Atwood, Patti Smith and Nobel laureate Han Kang

Omer Tessel | 11.12.25

Former hostage Maxim Harkin: 'We starved, I lost 40 kilos, I don’t know how we survived'

At military medicine conference, Harkin described starvation and torture in Gaza: 'We should’ve left on stretchers, but we walked out'; Shlomi Ziv, freed in Operation Arnon after 246 days, recalled '15 minutes of fear, chaos and hell'

Or Hadar | 11.12.25

Hadar Goldin to be laid to rest Tuesday, over 11 years after falling and taken hostage in Gaza

Goldin family thanked the Israeli public for helping bring him home after 11 years, saying his return proves all hostages can be brought back; his parents and siblings vowed to continue upholding the values of the IDF and the people of Israel

Roi Rubinstein, Or Hadar | 11.10.25

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