Gaza hostages

Brother of former hostage Avera Mengitsu missing, police ask public for help with search

Ashgara Mengistu, a 34-year-old resident of Ashkelon, left his mother's home in Ma'ale Adumim on Sunday and hasn't been seen since, the police reported.

Ashgara Mengistu, Avera Mengitsu's brother, is missing.
Noam Bettan will represent Israel at Eurovision 2026.

Noam Bettan wins Next Star reality show, to represent Israel at Eurovision 2026

Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

Bereaved families and opposition MKs formed a separate committee meeting in the Knesset in protest of the first debate advancing the government bill that aims to establish a politically appointed committee to investigate the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks.

Bereaved families protest Knesset debate on political probe into Oct. 7 failings


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.

'Not one minister called me, saying welcome back': Ex-hostage Gadi Mozes slams gov't - N12

Mozes pushed for a state commission of inquiry to “investigate everything that happened that morning.”

Released Israeli hostage Gadi Mozes at a ceremony marking rebuilding in kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, following the October 7 massacre. August 7, 2025.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin reflects how Rabbi Sacks's teachings helped her manage Hersh's captivity

Marking the anniversary of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's death, Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin shared they had found strength in the teachings of Rabbi Sacks after their son, Hersh, was murdered in Gaza.

 Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri

Or's remains were returned to Israel by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas via the Red Cross last week.

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri, November 30, 2025.

Qatar calls to continue Gaza ceasefire deal, drawing Hostage Forum's ire

Following Dror Or’s return to Israel, the two deceased hostages who remain in Gaza are Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak and St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili.

 Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, speaks in Doha, Qatar, February 20, 2024.

'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.

The forgotten victims of October 7 deserve a national memorial - opinion

Foreign workers were murdered alongside Israelis, yet remain absent from official commemoration. They deserve to be memorialized.

Participants at a gathering of Asia-Pacific envoys at Kibbutz Be'eri to honor foreign workers slain in October 7 attacks, Oct. 26, 2025

Hamas, Red Cross continue search for final two hostages in Gaza, PMO confirms

The IDF continues to operate alongside international organizations to locate bodies of slain hostages in areas such as Zeitoun and Shejaia.

People protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, August 9, 2025.

Israel's other front: Inside the IDF's battle to win world's toughest information war

IDF Spokesperson for Int’l Media Lt.-Col. Nadav Shoshani reveals to ‘Magazine’ art of handling the media and public during two years of unprecedented war

LT.-COL. NADAV SHOSHANI: Israel’s face to global media.

‘Stay Forte’ tells the human story behind the Gaza hostage escape - review

Stay Forte, which was made using classic prison-break movie tropes, manages to keep some suspense throughout, and the drama is not so much about what they did but how they managed to do it. 

TOMER MACHLOOF, Shahar Tavoch, and Wael Hamdun in ‘Stay Forte.’