Hostage

'Five IDF Divisions, five months': Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan to defeat Hamas - exclusive

The plan will likely be approved on Thursday, cabinet ministers told the 'Post,' adding that "the real question is what version of the plan will ultimately be approved."

An IDF armored personnel carrier manuvering next to other military vehicles on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, July 16, 2025; illustrative.
Israeli soldiers work next to military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel July 29 2025.

Trump says US will strike Iran again if nuclear program restarts, IDF strikes in Lebanon

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta

UPON BECOMING IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the Western Wall in March. Only once he took command was a clear concept developed in Operation Gideon’s Chariots to sever Hamas from Gaza’s civilian population, says the writer.

The Gaza war and the fall of Jerusalem: When Israel abandons morals for legalism - opinion


Gaza hostages Evyatar David, Rom Braslavski lost 50% of body weight, medical report says

The report is based on recent documentation, which includes images of David and Braslavski showing extreme malnutrition as well as testimonies and medical data from survivors.

Evyatar David (L), Rom Braslavski.

Netanyahu decides on full occupation of Gaza Strip, IDF activity in areas with hostages, PMO says

An Israeli official told the 'Post' that Netanyahu will convene a meeting on Gaza and a hostage deal, noting that "the prime minister is considering all available options regarding next steps.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against backdrop of IDF soldiers at war in Gaza (illustration).

Nahal Oz petitions High Court against gov't decision to repopulate Gaza border communities

The June decision came following military estimates that “there is no immediate security threat” to civilians living so close to the Gaza Strip.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

'Never again is today': We must not allow the world to forget starving hostages - editorial

Human rights activism can indeed be a wonderful thing. But when it’s selective, it’s not worth the megaphone the slogans are being shouted through.

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

IDF intercepts rocket launched from Yemen, sirens sound in central Israel

Hostage families prepare to launch flotilla to Gaza • Outgoing FADC chair Edelstein reveals conscription law draft • Thousands gather in Tel Aviv protesting A-G Baharav-Miara’s possible dismissal

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, August 2, 2025.

'Hamas has obligation': Hostage forum skeptical on Hamas promise to allow aid to reach hostages

Hamas is ready to deliver Red Cross aid to the hostages it is holding in Gaza if Israel opens humanitarian corridors permanently.

Demonstrators protest, calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, July 26, 2025

‘Even in the ghetto we ate something’: Holocaust survivors say Gaza hostages endure a ‘second Shoah’

The comments follow the release of multiple Hamas videos showing emaciated hostages.

Left to right: Holocausts Survivors Dvora Weinstein, Irene Shashar and Aliza Hershkovich holding sign of the hostages ahead of the March in Auschwitz

Hamas demands at least 250 aid trucks enter Gaza daily to resume negotiations, source tells 'Post'

US envoy Steve Witkoff told the families of the hostages that Israel and the United States are currently working on a framework to end the war and secure the release of all hostages.

Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June 25, 2025.

Gaza hostages David, Braslavski suffering from starvation, Sa'ar to discuss footage at UNSC

Activists block Gaza aid • Netanyahu slams terror groups for propaganda videos • Thousands gather in Tel Aviv protesting A-G Baharav-Miara’s possible dismissal

 Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Skepticism hounds Hamas's famine narrative after terrorist arm appears healthy in hostage video

Hamas claimed that Evyatar David had been eating what the people of Gaza were eating, referencing the accusation that Israel had forced starvation on the Palestinian enclave.

A terrorist's arm captured in a Hamas video of Evyatar David.

A living skeleton in Gaza: This is what hunger really looks like - comment

Hamas knows exactly what it is doing. Starvation is a bargaining chip; the emaciated hostage is a living press release.

A screengrab from a Hamas propaganda video with Israeli hostage Evyatar David.