Hostage families demand answers after Trump says only 21 survivors in Gaza The families are demanding clarification regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that three more hostages have recently died. JNS Staff and Dudi Kogan and Noam Dvir May 7, 2025
Bipartisan legislators endorse hostage advocacy group for Nobel “Through unfathomable anguish and heartbreak, these families have become the conscience of the world,” the letter to the Nobel Committee stated. March 27, 2025
Hamas releases footage of hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana JNS has decided not to publish the propaganda video on its website. Amelie Botbol March 24, 2025
Netanyahu speaks with freed hostage Eli Sharabi before White House visit Sharabi expressed the urgency of returning the remaining captives in Gaza. Joshua Marks March 3, 2025
Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan murdered by Hamas With the return of the four bodies, Israel has now received all 33 hostages to be handed over in the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Joshua Marks Feb. 27, 2025
‘Mi amor’: Yarden Bibas bids emotional farewell to wife and sons He spoke at the funeral of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, kidnapped and murdered by Arab terrorists from Gaza. Feb. 26, 2025
After 18 months of hope, Israelis mourn Bibas mother and children The red-haired toddlers and their mother, who were taken hostage from their home in Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, became a symbol of Hamas's evil. Israel Hayom Feb. 20, 2025
Bibas family ‘in deep turmoil’ following Hamas announcement "Until we receive definitive confirmation, our ordeal is not over," the family said, after Hamas announced that the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, are to be returned to Israel. JNS Staff Feb. 19, 2025
Hours after hostages released, families rally in DC Brother of slain hostage Omer Neutra tells JNS, “He's a hero, and he deserves to be buried in the Land of Israel.” Mike Wagenheim Jan. 20, 2025
