Prisoners of War

'Those are not Alon's eyes': Family responds to Hamas video of Gaza hostage Alon Ohel

The family is only allowing the publication of one photo, which was taken from the video published by the terrorist group on Monday. 

Still taken from Hamas propaganda video showing hostage Alon Ohel. The family has allowed this image to be published. September 24, 2025.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine exchange group of younger and wounded prisoners of war

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen (not pictured), amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 8, 2025.

Zelensky says Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk

 Maryana Chechelyuk, before and after her captivity.

Harrowing torture: Ukrainian prisoners suffer severe abuse in Russian captivity


Why IDF's swift response to fabricated ‘kidnapping video’ surprised Hamas

Israel's immediate response to Hamas's claim of kidnapping an IDF soldier was almost as if it had been expecting these claims.

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, May 26, 2024

Yom Kippur War: Newly released archives detail Israel's POW deal with Syria

As part of its collection marking fifty years since the Yom Kippur War, the National Archives of Israel has detailed the role of US Sec. of State Henry Kissinger in the Israel-Syria negotiations.

 Long-range 175mm artillery in action on the Syrian Front, Yom Kippur War

No survivors after Russia plane crashes carrying Ukrainian POWs

Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an unspecified "incident" had occurred in the region's Korochansky district, northeast of Belgorod city, and that he was going to inspect the site.

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) walk after a swapping, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 22, 2022

Israel cannot, must not, jeopardize future of our country due to blackmail - opinion

We cannot let this bitter debate divide us as a nation, forcing us to again take sides and pitting Israeli against Israeli.

 Palestinians at the Erez Crossing, also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, after the Hamas have launched a large attack on Israel, October 7, 2023

Israeli POW from Yom Kippur War says Hamas hostages have it worse

Menachem Barkai was captured by an army during the Yom Kippur War. The Hamas hostages in Gaza now, though, were taken by a terrorist group.

 MENACHEM BARKAI with his parents in 1974, after his release.

Israel offers Gazans safety, cash reward for information on hostages

In a statement, the Israeli military said it contacted Gazan civilians "through various channels," including dropping leaflets in neighborhoods across the Strip.

 A copy of the leaflets dropped by the IDF for Gazans offering financial rewards for information on the hostages taken during Operation Swords of Iron

Israel's ground invasion into Gaza must wait, former Mossad official says

Meidan, who served as the coordinator for hostages and missing persons at the time of Gilad Schalit's release in 2011, said that "saving lives should be the main priority."

IDF reserve Infantry and Merkava Tank soldiers train in a military exercise in the Golan Heights on October 23, 2023

Hamas seeks Palestinian prisoners' release, says will free non-Israeli captives

Hamas, which like other factions has long called for the release of the roughly 6,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

 An aerial view shows damage caused following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 11, 2023.

IDF: Hamas terrorists left ISIS flag at massacred kibbutz

The spokesperson added that 97 Israeli families were notified that a family member was captured and taken into Gaza as of Thursday.

 An ISIS flag seen at Israel's kibbutz Sufa following a massacre by infiltarting Hamas terrorists, pictured on October 11, 2023

American-Israeli offers 1 million shekels for Gaza hostages release

Robby Berman established a fund dedicated to financially rewarding Palestinians who assist in the rescue of Jewish prisoners.

Robbie Berman

Hungary receives Ukrainian POWs from Russia, Ukraine says not informed

The POWs were from the western part of Ukraine that borders Hungary, according to both the Russian Orthodox Church.

 Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) attend a rally demanding to speed up their release from a Russian captivity, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine October 1, 2022.