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'Nothing frees you from bringing a living hostage back dead,' IDF intelligence officer says

A senior reserve IDF intelligence officer who spent 11 years with the Goldin and Shaul families breaks his silence on missed chances, the hunt for October 7 hostages and why he believes every captive can be brought home

Eti Abramov | 12.05.25

מחבלי חמאס טוענים כי איתרו גופת חלל חטוף

Israel receives coffin of hostage from Red Cross, to be taken for forensic identification

The family of fallen soldier Ran Gvili, the last remaining Israeli hostage, said they had received indications that the returning captive is not him

Einav Halabi | 12.03.25

Findings from Gaza brought for identification are not linked to two slain hostages

Israel says remains transferred from Gaza for identification do not belong to the two hostages killed in captivity, as officials continue efforts to bring home the bodies of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak

ynet correspondents | 12.03.25

Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak and Master Sgt. Ran Gvili

Israel says 'findings' handed over by Hamas in Gaza sent for identification

Israel says materials received from Gaza will undergo forensic testing to determine whether they belong to a fallen hostage; two fallen hostages remain in Gaza: Master Sgt. Ran Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak

Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari, Einav Halabi | 12.02.25

‘Hamas terrorists lost key to his handcuffs, almost cut off Yosef-Haim’s hand with a utility knife’

Father of former hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana tells ynet his son is still adjusting after returning home from Gaza captivity; he says his son endured such extreme pain that 'at moments he didn’t care if he lived,' and describes how terrorists tried to sever his hand with a utility knife after losing the key to his restraints

Sharon Kidon | 12.02.25

Returned hostage remains identified as Dror Or; partner killed, two children abducted

Dror Or, 48, was murdered on Oct. 7 and taken from Kibbutz Be’eri to Gaza, where Islamic Jihad said his body was located in Nuseirat; his partner Yonat, was killed in the terror attack, and their children Alma and Noam were abducted and freed in 2023

Itamar Eichner | 11.26.25

חמאס והצלב האדום פועלים לאיתור חטופים חללים במזרח העיר עזה

Body of hostage returned to Israel after Red Cross handover, IDF says

Body of hostage transferred to Israel by Red Cross after handover from Hamas and Islamic Jihad; forensic team working to confirm identity and cause of death as communities mourn along convoy route

Itamar Eichner | 11.25.25

'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

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

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

חברי הפלוגה של הדר גולדין ז"ל מלווים אותו בפעם האחרונה

The commitment to bring back home IDF missing soldiers

Opinion: The effort to bring back hostages is not only a sacred moral mission, but also a step toward ending the agonizing uncertainty, allowing space for mourning, healing, and advancing the work of Tikun Olam — repairing and bettering our world

Avi Kalo | 11.10.25

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