Gaza hostages

'Grave incitement': Heckler throws glass bottle at Netanyahu's motorcade near Mahaneh Yehuda market

According to footage shared online of the incident, security personnel quickly jumped the barricade holding back the gathered crowd in attempt to locate the individual who threw the bottle.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mahaneh Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, October 23, 2026.
Elkana Bohbot with his wife Rivka Bohbot on October 19, 2025.

Former hostage Elkana Bohbot recalls how faith, family helped him survive Hamas captivity

A billboard campaign featuring the faces of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino, seen on Ayalon Highway near Tel Aviv, October 20, 2026

'They returned in coffins': Families of slain hostages call on Netanyahu to drop election slogan

Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025.

Foreign journalists still cannot enter Gaza without military escort, Israel tells High Court


Emily Damari shares unreleased hostage photos, says surviving Hamas captivity was a miracle

"Three years ago at this time on Simchat Torah I was deep, deep in the Gaza Strip," Damari wrote in her post.

Emily Damari is pictured in Shifa Hospital in Gaza shortly after her capture on October 7, 2023.

Former IDF negotiator says Israel could have ended Gaza war, freed hostages a year earlier

"We could have achieved the same strategic accomplishments in terms of damaging Hamas's military strength, and in terms of many other security issues, much earlier," said Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon.

IDF Paratroopers Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip. Pictures released on August 24, 2026.

US Senate unanimously passes bipartisan resolution honoring American October 7 victims

The resolution, S.Res.938, lists out 40 of the 46 Americans killed on October 7, as well as the seven hostages who were successfully freed alive from Hamas captivity.

The US Capitol Building is seen on October 01, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

“I have chosen the road of justice, beyond politics and grounded in our shared humanity,” he said. “This council must recognize the torture, demand criminal investigations, and confront the terror."

Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025

Ex-hostage Omri Miran to lead Salon Otef gathering to share his story with public

Miran, who was released from Gaza after 738 days in captivity, said that he views telling the stories of what happened as "an immensely important national mission, a life mission." 

A Salon Otef participant shares her personal story with guests gathered in a private home.

Bennett: IDF will collapse without haredi enlistment, Netanyahu is dismantling military

Former PM warns IDF 'on verge of collapse' without haredi conscription • Netanyahu 'leading the most serious threat of all' in mass draft evasions, vote for PM is 'direct vote against troops'

B'Yachad leader and former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, September 29, 2026

UN verified hostages faced sexual violence in Gaza - then failed to act - analysis

The evidence of sexual violence against Israeli hostages was there. What was missing? Meaningful UN action

The UN has failed to take action, despite hearing the testimonies of October 7 survivors and freed hostages.
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Likud election candidate Bonzel says he wishes former hostage was 'returned to Hamas,' apologizes

Itzik Bonzel, a bereaved father placed 29th on the Likud slate by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, later apologized, saying he wrote the comment in a “storm of emotions” and “did not mean” it.

New Likud candidate Itzik Bonzel attends an event presenting the party’s new candidates ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026

WATCH: Israeli forces kill global jihadist terrorist who kidnapped Noa Argamani on October 7

Later in the day, the IDF and Shin Bet announced that they killed Muhammad Hamad Muhammad Gabain, a commander in Hamas' military wing, who was involved in holding nine hostages abducted on October 7.

Footage of Noa Argamani's abduction to Gaza, October 7, 2023.

Sukkot 2026: The empty chair is gone, but the threat of Hamas and Iran remains - opinion

That daily uncertainty has been absent for months, but this is the first Sukkot on which its absence can be felt in the festival itself.

WONDERING NO LONGER: Sukka plastered with photos of then-hostages, outside Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, 2025.