Hostage Deal

Israel returned bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza following Ran Gvili's return, Red Cross confirms

The transfer of the Palestinians' remains came following the discovery of last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's remains and as part of the deal to end the war in Gaza.

A Red Cross vehicle operates in an area within Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 12, 2025
 Hostage posters seen at the Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Israel’s hostage dilemma: The need for clear, firm guidelines to break the cycle - editorial

 David Cunio

Hamas captors told David Cunio his wife had 'moved on,' ex-hostage tells N12

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, September 10, 2025.

Huckabee: Israel will 'coordinate with US,' but make its own decision on renewed Iran airstrikes


‘If anyone could handle captivity, it was him’: Danny Miran discusses son's Gaza captivity

While Omri's brother, Boaz, told Israeli media that he was originally kept in a cage whilst in captivity, his father, Danny, told N12 that he was relatively well-fed and was not starved.

Released hostage Omri Miran waves the Israeli flag as he arrives to Ichilov hospital, October 13, 2025.

On the ground in Hostage Square as the historic deal unfolds

'Until all 48 hostages are freed and back on Israeli soil, I cannot breathe.'

EVYATAR DAVID (R) and Guy Gilboa-Dalal – childhood friends taken captive at the Nova festival –  are reunited upon release, at Beilinson Hospital, Oct. 13.

When time stood still: The lost two years for Hamas hostages

For those held for two years, release is a collision of timelines. Their timeline, frozen in the moments of abduction on October 7, and everyone else’s, which has continued.

TIME STOOD still for many of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas underground in tunnels. For them, rebuilding their lives means dealing with two lost years. Here, IDF soldiers exit a Hamas tunnel used on October 7 in northern Gaza.

WATCH: Israel receives hostage remains after Hamas locates body in Gaza

Hamas originally said that it would return the body of a slain Israeli hostage at 11 p.m. on Friday, but the Red Cross handover occured around midnight.

The remains of a deceased hostage arrive in Israel on October 18, 2025.

Israel’s road to healing didn’t end with the hostages’ return, it’s just beginning - opinion

Only a society that acknowledges its vulnerability and still chooses life can transform the end of war from a moment of paralysis into a turning point.

Celebrations at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as negotiators set to sign deal freeing all hostages from Gaza, October 9, 2025

Grapevine, October 17, 2025: A combined Christian perspective

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Editor's Notes: Why these covers helped push a moment we needed

After two years of counting days, names, and faces, I am ready to be surprised by good news, a celebration, a new country joining the Abraham Accords, or the rebuilding of this country.

IF A leader who thrives on attention can be nudged to keep doing the right thing for Israel, then a powerful front page is a small price to pay. Special ‘Jerusalem Post’ front pages from the past two years of war.

We must stand united demanding return of the hostages, war against Hamas is ongoing - editorial

Now is not the time for infighting and the polarization that characterized the pre-October 7 atmosphere and undoubtedly contributed to Hamas concluding that the country was weakened and vulnerable.

Celebrations at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as a hostage release is announced. October 09, 2025.

IDF receives coffin of deceased hostage from Red Cross after Hamas recovers body

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist attempting to rebuild terror infrastructure • Reports indicate Witkoff to visit Israel next week • IDF strikes Gazan terrorists in tunnels despite ceasefire

An armed Hamas terrorist stands guard as a Red Cross vehicle arrives to receive from Hamas terrorists the remains of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

Hamas starved hostages to film emaciated videos, pressure Israel - report

David and his friend hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal were separated in the tunnels and denied food so they would appear skeletal for filmed “proof-of-life” clips, with food restored only after filming.

Israeli hostage Evyatar David as he appears in a Hamas propaganda video, August 2, 2025.