Hostage

Freed hostage Alexander Sasha Troufanov reveals sexual harassment trauma during Gaza captivity

Troufanov noticed the hidden camera set up to watch him naked, and took the shower anyway, while trying to hide his private parts, he told BBC in an interview during his visit to London.

 Former hostage Alexander Sasha Troufanov spoke publicly for the first time on March 1, 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

 Israeli Police and IDF solodiers in line to pay their respects as the funeral procession of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, the last hostage from Gaza, makes its way to Gvili's Negev hometown of Meitar on Jan. 28, 2026.

Ran Gvili's funeral procession in pictures: Last hostage heads to final rest as crowds line streets

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in addence at returned Gaza hostage, Ran Gvili's funeral.

WATCH: Final hostage Ran Gvili arrives in Negev hometown of Meitar for burial


Hostage families vow to continue fighting for return of last two hostages as weekly rallies end

Organizers say the weekly gatherings may be nearing their end as only two hostages, both killed on October 7, remain in Gaza.

Ayelet Goldin on what could have been the final rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on November 29, 2025.

Former hostage Rom Braslavski visits Beitar Jerusalem for first time since being released

“A year ago, you stood here together with my family, my face, and the caption 'kidnapped.' And here I am today, after two years of hellish suffering," Braslavski told the fans at the Teddy Stadium.

Former hostage Rom Braslavski, with his family, in a helicopter on their way to the hospital. October 14, 2025.

Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon on Hamas captivity: I was beaten, starved, pressured to convert to Islam

Former hostage Segev Kalfon described how a terrorist admitted that, had Hamas known the consequences, it would not have carried out the October 7 attacks.

Former hostage Segev Kalfon, with his family, in a helicopter on their way to the hospital. October 14, 2025.

'No day after until Ran is home,' father of final Israeli hostage held in Gaza says at TLV rally

Itzik Gvili addressed the crowd gathered at Hostage Square for the final weekly protest on Saturday night, denouncing Hamas as "playing and mocking us."

Itzik Gvili, father of murdered Gaza hostage St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, speaks at Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, November 29, 2025.

Abductors kill priest in Nigeria after a month in captivity, church leader says

Archbishop Henry Ndakuba said Venerable Edwin Achi, seized with his wife and daughter from their home in Kaduna state on October 28, was murdered after spending about a month in captivity.

An interior view of the Christ Apostolic Church, the day after an attack by gunmen in which people were killed and the pastor and some worshippers kidnapped, in the town of Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, November 19, 2025.

Knesset rejects opposition bill proposing grant of four million shekels for released hostages

The Hostages and Missing Families forum expressed deep disappointment over the decision, arguing that it showed how the government is shirking its responsibility.

Former hostages Rom Braslavski and Nimrod Cohen speak alongside family members of hostages still held by Hamas at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2025

Hamas hands over slain hostage, Ukraine accepts peace proposal - November 25, 2025

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Red Cross personnel wait to head towards an area within the "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire, as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Gaza City November 20, 2025.

Gaza terrorists demanded ransom for release of captive family in 2023, father reveals

"They were all taken very seriously. One very specific one was taken seriously. Which, in the end, was refuted," said Yoni Asher, father of freed Gaza hostages Raz and Aviv.

Yoni Asher adresses the International media in Tel Aviv, November 03, 2023.

Palestinian activists copy Israeli ‘Bring them home’ hostage campaign with ribbons, posters

“Release all Palestinian Hostages,” read the banner hung by pro-Palestinian activists, complete with a red ribbon similar to the yellow one used by the Hostages Forum.

Greta Thunberg shared the pro-Palestinian "Bring Them Home" campaign.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims to have found Gaza hostage remains in central Gaza Strip

An earlier report by Qatari outlet Al Jazeera claimed that PIJ found hostage remains north of Nuseirat.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. January 30, 2025.