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‘We are here to accompany you’: Inside IDF mental health reception of hostages

The returning hostages operation was built on dignity, calm, and precision, explained IDF mental health officers in charge, with the core principle being the “beginning of healing” for the families.

Maj. (res.) Yossi Mitz manages ATAL’s northern branch.
Hostage families, Israelis rejoice at Hostages Square following news of a peace deal.

Hostage forum demands immediate meeting with IDF chief over Hamas ceasefire violation

IDF soldiers prepare their weapons on a tank at a temporary army base opposite the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

From combat to recovery: What Israel owes its soldiers - opinion

Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and Daniel Peretz.

Israel confirms reception of remains of Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi, Daniel Peretz


Explosions in Gaza City area as Hamas clashes with ‘collaborators with Israel’

The terror group has already killed dozens of people across Gaza following the IDF's partial withdrawal.

Hamas police officers stand guard, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 11, 2025.

Trump, Netanyahu threaten Hamas if it doesn't disarm, four slain hostages returned to Israel

Bodies of four more hostages arrive to Israel • Netanyahu meets with released hostages • Hamas clashes with 'collaborators' in Gaza

IDF troops receive remains of killed hostages at official ceremony, October 14, 2025.

Bodies of four hostages arrive at forensic center for identity confirmation

Two of the coffins are in IDF possession, and two are in the Red Cross's possession.

Red Cross vehicles transport hostages, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, following their handover as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City October 13, 2025 in this still image taken from video.

To fellow IDF reservists: The release of the hostages is what we fought for - comment

The agreement and plan are not perfect, but at least one of our goals came to fruition: the return of the hostages.

Released hostage Evyatar David, who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and taken to Gaza, reacts upon arrival at the site of Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital, amid a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Petah Tikva, Isr

In Pictures: The historic day all living hostages were freed from Hamas captivity

October 13, 2025, in pictures.

A convoy carrying released hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, arrive in Reim, southern Israel, October 13, 2025.

‘We are watching you’: IDF posters blanket West Bank before Palestinian prisoner release

One poster, photographed in the area of Ofer Prison, read in Arabic: “We are watching you everywhere."

A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.”

All living hostages safely within Israel, only 4 of 28 deceased hostages to be returned Monday

The handover follows the IDF’s full repositioning over the weekend, a key condition for activating the first tranche of the agreement.

Matan Angrest at Re'im, October 13, 2025.

Four deceased hostages en route to Israel, Trump says more countries will join Abraham Accords

Living hostages reunite with families • Hamas names four deceased hostages to be returned • Trump departs Israel • Hamas publishes names of 20 hostages set for release on Monday morning

Released hostage Evyatar David, who was kidnapped to Gaza during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, reacts upon arrival at the site of Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital, amid a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Israel October 13, 2025.

'IDF is covering up the investigations,' IDF Brig.-Gen in charge of Nova probe accuses Halevi

Brig.-Gen. Oren Solomon called the IDF's investigation on October 7 a "national scandal," and an "attempt at a cover-up."

IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Oren Solomon speaks to media at the Nova festival site. Solomon served as a combat operations officer in the Gaza Division and led the division’s October 7 debriefings. October 8, 2025.

Israel’s secret weapon is not technology, not money-but society

Tanks, aircraft and lasers are important, but without resilience, mutual responsibility, camaraderie, civic initiative and national pride - nothing will endure.

People celebrate at Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025

Gaza deal's unanswered questions: What happens if Hamas violates the ceasefire? - analysis

Each party entered the agreement knowing what they are supposed to do, but it is unclear what happens if the other fails to comply.

People look at pictures and messages displayed at Hostages Square, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 12, 2025