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August 14, 2024, 2:05 pm

UK draws up evacuation plan for Brits in Israel in case of all-out war as Biden raises hopes of averting strike

The US president suggests Iranian strike can be prevented if this week's ceasefire negotiations are successful

By Jenni Frazer

August 13, 2024, 11:24 am

Hamas claims to have killed male Israeli hostage

Terorist group also says two women captives have been injured

By Jenni Frazer

It was a typically pugnacious Netanyahu speech, full of lines designed to bring the politicians from both sides of the House to their feet

July 24, 2024, 8:43 pm

Netanyahu invokes Churchill in speech to Congress, urging: ‘Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job’

“Our enemies are your enemies”, Israeli premier warns, pointing to the danger to both countries from Iran

By Jenni Frazer

Hostage families at JW3, July 23rd. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg

July 24, 2024, 6:28 pm

‘I was two months pregnant when my husband was kidnapped by Hamas’

Harrowing accounts from the families of Guy Gilboa Dalal, Tamir Nimrodi, Tal Haimi and Yarden, Shiri, Ariel and one-year-old Kfir Bibas at JW3

By Michelle Rosenberg

Netanyahu reportedly told the families that conditions for a deal were “coming together, without a doubt.”

July 23, 2024, 3:46 pm

Netanyahu meets with hostage families in DC as pressure mounts for a deal

Netanyahu reportedly told the families that conditions for a deal were “coming together, without a doubt"

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

Composite photo of Yagev Buchshtav (right) and Alex Dancyg. (Courtesy)

July 22, 2024, 12:06 pm

Israel confirms murder of two more hostages in Hamas captivity

Yad Vashem educator Alex Dancyg, 76, and musician Yagev Buchshtab, 35, were killed months ago in Gaza. The terrorist group is holding their bodies

By Michelle Rosenberg

Dan Tomlinson presses David Lammy over fate of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas

July 19, 2024, 4:02 pm

Chipping Barnet MP urges Lammy to ‘commit’ to trying to secure release of hostages

In his first Commons question, Labour's Dan Tomlinson called for the foreign secretary to do 'everything he can' to bring about 'immediate' hostage releases

By Lee Harpin

July 4, 2024, 11:37 am

‘How is our daughter still captive in Gaza?’ Edgware United synagogue hears from Hostage Family Forum

Tel Aviv-based volunteer Rachel Bar Chen shares stories of families ripped apart by 7 October

By Michelle Rosenberg

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July 3, 2024, 5:51 pm

‘Remember my brother, pray and speak his name’ says family of 20-year old hostage in Gaza

Security guard Rom Braslavski was kidnapped from the Nova Festival on October 7th by Hamas. On a solidarity mission to London, his older brother Amit says 'It's very tough. We need him back'.

By Michelle Rosenberg

June 6, 2024, 4:38 pm

Lovelock Art: painted padlocks go on display at JW3 to show support for the hostages

More than 50 artists from across the world have created emotive visual messages

By Louisa Walters

Thousands marched in central London demanding hostages taken on October 7 by Hamas to be returned to Israel.

June 2, 2024, 10:35 pm

40,000 people march through central London at rally for the hostages

In blazing sunshine, those on the demonstration were joined at Lincoln’s Inn Fields by Iranian supporters and numerous church groups.

By Jenni Frazer

Solidarity rally, October 2023, Trafalgar Square. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg

May 28, 2024, 2:23 pm

Thousands expected in central London as part of global call to bring hostages home

'Our last chance as a community to demand their release' say Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK

By Michelle Rosenberg

The bodies of hostages Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nissenbaum, and Orion Hernandez have been recovered by the IDF in Gaza. Pic: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT

May 24, 2024, 11:56 am

IDF rescue bodies of additional three hostages including Shani Louk’s boyfriend

Israeli intelligence say Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez were murdered on October 7th and taken into northern Gaza

By Michelle Rosenberg

Screen grab, May 22nd 2024. Nahal Oz Hamas video.

May 22, 2024, 12:37 pm

‘I can feel that she’s going to be back alive,’ says brother of hostage Naama Levy

Families release video captured by body cameras of Hamas terrorists of seven female observers abducted from Nahal Oz on 7 October

By Michelle Rosenberg and Jotam Confino in Israel

April 22, 2024, 4:41 pm

Let our people go! Union of Jewish Students pleads with UK government to bring hostages home

Ahead of seder night, Jewish Society presidents from campuses including Durham, Surrey, Sheffield, Bath, Edinburgh, Oxford, Dundee and Leeds pen letter to foreign secretary

By Michelle Rosenberg

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