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hostages

Thousands gather at Hostage Square to celebrate the return of the hostages, October 13, 2025. (JTA/Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

All 20 living hostages are back in Israel

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 13, 2025October 13, 2025
Oct 12 2025 hostage rally
Posted inBay Area

Rallying for the hostages — up to the very last day 

by Sue Fishkoff October 13, 2025October 13, 2025
hostage posters at Ben Gurion airport
Posted inIsrael

These are the 20 living hostages expected to be freed Monday

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 12, 2025October 13, 2025
Pro-Israel signs at a synagogue
Posted inIsrael

Jewish groups welcome cease-fire plan, hope for a ‘lasting regional peace’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 9, 2025October 9, 2025
Hostage families celebrate news of the cease-fire
Posted inIsrael

How hostage families responded to learning that a cease-fire deal would return their loved ones

by Grace Gilson October 9, 2025October 9, 2025
Members of the Australian Jewish community hold a banner bearing the portraits of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants during a rally in Sydney on Oct 7, 2025, to mark the two-year anniversary of the attack by Hamas on Israel. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Trump announces deal to release ‘all of the hostages’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 8, 2025October 9, 2025
Hannah Zilberstein lights a yahrzeit candle during a commemoration for the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Oct. 5, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

At early Oct. 7 gatherings, Bay Area Jews seek comfort among one another

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 6, 2025October 6, 2025
Woman holds sign about hostages
Posted inIsrael

Hamas says it’s ready to release all hostages but doesn’t give clear ‘yes’ to plan

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 3, 2025October 3, 2025
Israel's landscape
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s central covenant with Jews is in peril like never before

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
Omer Shem Tov
Posted inBay Area

‘Day after day I saw miracles,’ former hostage Omer Shem Tov says in Marin

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

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