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The 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas: Top row, from left: Elkana Bohbot, Matan Angrest, Edan Alexander, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel. Second row, from left: Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Bipin Joshi, Rom Braslavski, Ziv Berman, Gali Berman. Third row, from left: Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn. Bottom row, from left: Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Tamir Nimrodi, Pinta Nattapong. (Hostages Families Forum)
April 9, 2025, 10:52 am
Health report released for 24 living hostages
Hostage report exposes brutal captivity: starvation, injuries, isolation detailed in testimonies and videos.
By SHIRA SILKOFF
US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
April 8, 2025, 1:13 pm
​Trump, Netanyahu discuss Iran nuclear talks dispute​
Netanyahu backs diplomacy but warns on Iran nukes; Trump says high-level meeting set for Saturday.
By By LAZAR BERMAN and AGENCIES
Elica Le Bon speaking at the UIA Women's Division brunch in Sydney. Photo: Joel Symonds
March 20, 2025, 8:00 am
Resolute, no matter the cost
When Elica Le Bon saw certain patterns recurring in the West after October 7, she knew she had to speak out against global Jihadism.
By Carly Adno
Left to right: Sarit Zussman, mother of Ben Zussman, who was killed fighting in Gaza; Shira Shapiro, mother of Aner Shapira, who was murdered in the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught; and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was murdered in captivity in August 2024, appear in an interview on Channel 12, March 14, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
March 18, 2025, 9:49 am
Bereaved mothers learned of sons’ heroism
After his release, Or Levy told Shira how Aner saved him from grenades and Rachel how Hersh gave him strength.
By TOI STAFF
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida in a video address after the release of three Israeli hostages, January 19, 2025. (X)
February 11, 2025, 10:02 am
Hamas says it’s delaying next hostage release, claiming Israeli truce violations
Defense minister calls delay an ‘outright violation’ of deal, orders IDF on highest alert, as PM moves up security cabinet meeting to Tuesday morning; mediators said concerned.
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies and TOI Staff
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, onstage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 10, 2025, 1:26 pm
‘Severe physical and mental deterioration’
Outlets cite families of Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami as saying they were held in Gaza tunnels; health officials: Conditions worse than previous returned captives.
By ELANA KIRSH and DIANA BLETTER and TOI STAFF
Idit Ohel, mother of hostage Alon Ohel, interviewed on Channel 12 news, February 9, 2025 (The Times of Israel: Channel 12 screenshot)
February 10, 2025, 11:51 am
Alon Ohel’s mother pleads for his release
Family of Alon Ohel — who turns 24 on Monday — say he is wounded and chained in Hamas tunnels, after testimony from newly freed hostages who were held with him in dire conditions.
By TOI STAFF
January 13, 2025, 1:25 pm
Antisemitism, war and hope
For Jewish Australians, 2024 saw an explosion of antisemitism, ongoing war for Israel – and a disturbing posture by the federal government on both crises. But support for Jews remains strong, as do hopes for lasting peace. Peter Kohn looks back.
By Peter Kohn
Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza Ziyadne. (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 8:51 am
IDF says the body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne found in Gaza, ‘grave concerns’ for son’s life
Remains of Ziyadne, 53, brought back to Israel, along with findings linked to his son Hamza, 22; troops locate the body in tunnel in Rafah, in area that army previously operated in
By Emanuel Fabian
Then US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, Times of Israel.
November 14, 2024, 10:31 am
Pride and hope
In the face of unprecedented antisemitism around the world, we must be defiant; we must hold on to our traditions and our Jewish pride.
By AJN STAFF
Rachel Goldberg-Polin eulogizes her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
November 13, 2024, 9:56 am
Limping toward the light: A letter from me in this moment
n this complex and loud world piled with confusion and brokenness, the most decent thing we can do is revive the lost art of respectfulness
By Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Israelis call for the release of hostages held captive by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 6, 2024, 8:35 am
Netanyahu offering hostages’ captors millions of dollars, safe passage from Gaza
Hamas had rejected a proposal for a short-term ceasefire and hostage release deal.
By Emanuel Fabian, LAZAR BERMAN, JEREMY SHARON, Jacob Magid and AGENCIES
Senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, speaks during a conference in Gaza City, on November 4, 2019 (The Times of Israel: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 18, 2024, 4:40 am
Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar killed by IDF troops in Gaza
IDF confirms terror chief was shot dead in Rafah firefight Wednesday; troops spotted body Thursday and Sinwar’s identity was formally confirmed after tests; no hostages at location
By Agencies and TOI Staff
Four Israeli soldiers killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on October 13, 2024: (Clockwise from top left): Sgt. Alon Amitay, Sgt. Omri Tamari, Sgt. Yosef Hieb, and Sgt. Yoav Agmon. Photo: Times of Israel
October 16, 2024, 3:25 pm
Australia warns against travel to Israel
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Smartraveller website raised its travel advice level on Monday.
By Sharyn Kolieb
An ambulance leaves the scene of a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base near the town of Binyamina, on October 13, 2024, (Oren Ziv/ AFP)
October 14, 2024, 11:35 am
Four soldiers killed, seven seriously hurt in Hezbollah drone strike on military base
58 soldiers wounded as UAV crashes into dining hall at training base in central Israel; IDF investigating how projectile breached Israeli airspace without detection.
By LAZAR BERMAN and TOI Staff and Agencies
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