Gaza hostages

Palestinian activists copy Israeli ‘Bring them home’ hostage campaign with ribbons, posters

“Release all Palestinian Hostages,” read the banner hung by pro-Palestinian activists, complete with a red ribbon similar to the yellow one used by the Hostages Forum.

Greta Thunberg shared the pro-Palestinian "Bring Them Home" campaign.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. January 30, 2025.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims to have found Gaza hostage remains in central Gaza Strip

Guy Gilboa-Dalal at Re'im, October 13, 2025.

Beaten by civilians, sexual assaults and starvation: Guy Gilboa-Dalal opens up about captivity

Ruth Haran Herzman, one of southern Israel’s most respected educators and community figures – and a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Hamas massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri – died on Sunday.

Holocaust, October 7 survivor Ruth Haran Herzman passes away at 90


Faith post-Gaza captivity: Former hostages visit Rebbe’s New York grave

“Until now, our families prayed here for us to come home," said former hostage Matan Angrest. "Today, I came only to say thank you."

Ex Hostages Visit Rebbe's Ohel to Say Thank You

Israel cannot allow others to write our future or determine our security - opinion

The return of our hostages was a moment of national relief, but once the emotion settles, we must ask: ‘Were we played by the world?’

RELEASED HOSTAGE Evyatar David arrives home in Kfar Saba in October 2025.

The rise of the hostage influencer and the price of public trauma - comment

Editor's Notes: The story of Israel’s new celebrities is, in the end, the story of a society that refuses to look away from its trauma, yet also cannot bear to stare at it directly for too long.

Taking control of the narrative is, for many survivors a form of therapy and a form of revenge. Hamas tried to erase them. Standing on a stage and saying “this is what they did to me and this is why we must bring the others home” is the opposite of erasure. 

'Heroes, not hostages': US President Trump meets former Gaza hostages at White House

The group met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney-General Pam Bondi, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

A group of hostages meet with senior US officials on November 20, 2025.

Freed Gaza hostages to give Trump mezuzah from Kfar Aza home destroyed on Oct. 7

“We came to say thank you to the president of the United States for the many actions he took for our release," the Berman twins said in a statement.

Former Gaza hostages Gali and Ziv Berman of Kibbutz Kfar will present US President Donald Trump with the mezuzah that survived the fire in their Kfar Aza home.

Guy Gilboa-Dalal reveals he was sexually abused by Hamas terorist with knife to throat – N12

"He let me shower, and when I finished, he dragged me out of there and didn't let me put on my clothes," said former hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal in recent testimony about the abuse he suffered in Gaza.

Released hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal waves the Israeli flag as he arrives to Beilinson hospital, October 13, 2025.

Freed Gaza hostages Gali and Ziv Berman give first interview since release

The twins opened up about their transition back to life in Israel, relationships with other released hostages, and the Israel-Gaza deal that led to their release.

Gali, Ziv Berman wearing Maccabi Tel Aviv shirts gifted to them, October 13, 2025.

United Hatzalah Medics Escort Bar Kuperstein to Ben-Gurion Airport to meet President Trump

United Hatzalah recently launched a Charidy fundraising campaign to provide much-needed financial assistance to the family.

Bar Kuperstein and his two brothers at Ben Gurion Airport on their way to the United States to meet President Donald Trump

Hostage Families Forum may end weekly Saturday night protests at end of November - report

If the weekly protests are discontinued, the forum's budget and resources will be redirected towards a course of action chosen by the families of the three remaining hostages.

Hostage families escorted by thousands of rallygoers ahead of a massive rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, August 17, 2025.

Ex-Gaza hostages share stories of hope, unity at Jewish Federations General Assembly

Evyatar David: “We will recover, we will rebuild, we will come back. Am Yisrael Chai!”

Former Gaza hostages Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or, Evyatar David, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal speak at the Jewish Federations General Assembly's opening ceremony. November 16, 2025.

'The ISF is not a UN force, it is a US initiative to disarm Hamas,' Danon to 'Post' after UNSC vote

Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, says the ISF is meant to disarm Hamas and avoid further conflict, even as questions remain about whether states will send forces.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, November 17, 2025.