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Israel to assume one-year chairmanship of Arlosen Archives, comprehensive WWII archive in 2027

In 2025, the Arolsen Archives partnered with Israel’s Central Zionist Archive to digitize over 1300 child tracing files, records originally created for unaccompanied Jewish children after the war.

|BySIDNEY BLASCO
Israeli soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026
A general view of a burnt emergency medical tent set up by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, on May 23, 2026.

Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims

The Ebola outbreak has sparked a wave of misinformation that health officials linked to violent assaults on healthcare workers and attacks on healthcare centers. 

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
MK GALIT Distel Atbaryan leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026.

'Terrorist' vs 'Judeo-Nazi': MKs trade barbs over bill barring Red Cross from Israeli prisons

The bill was drafted by Galit Distel Atbaryan, Keti Shitrit, and a group of additional lawmakers. Thirty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 41 opposed it, and it was removed from the agenda.

|ByANNA BARSKY
A view shows a Red Cross vehicle outside the Israeli military prison Ofer ahead of the expected release of Palestinian prisoners, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, January 30, 2025.

Knesset rejects proposed bill aimed at preventing Red Cross from visiting Palestinian detainees

An explanatory statement regarding the proposal cited “the security risk involved in the entry of external elements into prisons” as the reason for the bill being put forward.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ

Red Cross fails Jews with lack of hostage visits, Hamas condemnation - opinion

The Red Cross needs to provide answers and rectify its failures. Anything less would be a betrayal of the very mission they claim to uphold.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByMATTHEW GARCES
A HAMAS TERRORIST speaks with a Red Cross member before the release of hostages, in Khan Yunis, this past Saturday. For nearly 500 days, the Red Cross has failed to visit or provide medical assistance to a single hostage in Gaza, in complete violation of their mission statement, says the writer.

Only the return of hostages can lead to rebuilding our society - opinion

Public pressure and relentless protests played a key role in bringing Israeli hostages home—proving that unity and action can make a difference.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025ByMANUELA ROTSTEIN
RELEASED HOSTAGE Ohad Ben Ami is reunited with his family at Sheba Medical Center, this past Saturday. Ohad, Eli, and Or returned home; no need to add their last names – we all know exactly who they are, where they were, and how they were kidnapped on that cursed Saturday, says the writer.

Red Cross demand Hamas give hostages 'dignified and private' release

Israel has previously complained to mediators about the way the release of Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses was handled.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Red Cross members look on at Hamas terrorists parading hostages in Gaza, February 8, 2025

Hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami freed from Hamas captivity in 'dire' condition

Hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami are set to be released on Saturday after spending 491 days in captivity.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025BySAM HALPERN, GADI ZAIG
From left to right: Former hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami.

My Word: Mixed images of war and victory during the hostage deal

The hostages want to rebuild their lives and communities. The released terrorists want to continue to destroy everything Israel has built. 

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByLIAT COLLINS
Palestinian terrorist surround hostage Arbel Yehoud, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, on the day they hand her to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Yunis.

Letters to the Editor, February 3, 2025: Building new lives

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

The chaos in Khan Yunis proves Hamas can't govern Gaza - editorial

Hamas's failure demonstrates how quickly years of diplomatic work can be jeopardized by chaos on the ground, which could derail future releases.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Palestinian terrorist surround hostage Arbel Yehoud, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, on the day they hand her to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Yunis.

Netanyahu's hidden intentions in hostage deal are concerning - opinion

We appear to be forced to put our full trust in President Donald Trump to once again push Netanyahu to do what he ought to do of his own volition.

JANUARY 27, 2025BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
RELEASED HOSTAGE Liri Albag is reunited with loved ones at Bellinson Hospital in Petah Tikva on Saturday.

Released hostages return to Israeli territory, to receive medical assessment

The four female IDF soldiers taken hostage by Hamas were transferred, in military uniform, to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByGADI ZAIG, DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, SAM HALPERN
Four female Israeli soldiers released by Hamas in Gaza City, January 25, 2025

Hostage families demonstrate in Tel Aviv, as reunited families celebrate

Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, and Naama Levy released from Hamas captivity • IDF: Concern over Bibas family's wellbeing

JANUARY 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Families of four released hostages reunite with the returned hostages, January 25, 2025.