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hostages

Man places necklace on paper-mache tree
Posted inArt

With the hostages home, students artfully hang up their yellow ribbons and pins

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

When University of San Francisco senior Jack Schell boarded a BART train in September wearing a yellow ribbon pin, a woman approached him and asked if it was connected to […]

Hostages Square
Posted inIsrael

Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
Ran Gvili
Posted inIsrael

Remains of final hostage Ran Gvili return to Israel

by Grace Gilson January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
Destroyed houses in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 26, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Second phase of Gaza ceasefire underway, despite remaining hostage

by Grace Gilson January 15, 2026January 15, 2026
October 7 survivors
Posted inBay Area

Oct. 7 survivors, now engaged, recount 505 days of horror after ‘bunker of death’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 14, 2026January 20, 2026
Photo of Sudthisak Rinthalak
Posted inIsrael

Remains of second-to-last hostage returned to Israel

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 4, 2025December 4, 2025
Poster of Dror Or
Posted inIsrael

Remains of Dror Or, Kibbutz Be’eri father killed on Oct. 7, returned to Israel

by Grace Gilson November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
Jared Kushner and Israeli officials
Posted inIsrael

Hamas returns remains of hostage held for 11 years as attention deepens around postwar planning

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
parents and son smiling
Posted inThe J. Interview

How Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin find grace in a shattered world

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 31, 2025November 2, 2025
Former hostage Alon Ohel
Posted inIsrael

Freed hostage Alon Ohel plays piano on Israeli TV show

by Grace Gilson October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

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