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Susan Rojo Firsty holds a yellow ribbon cardboard cutout and a poster of the hostages during a Run for Their Lives event in Los Gatos on June 8. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Weekly rally in Los Gatos for hostages refocuses following Boulder attack

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 9, 2025June 10, 2025
Israeli and U.S. flags fly in the breeze during a vigil on a freeway overpass in Lafayette on June 8 to draw attention to the plight of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. (Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBay Area

In Lafayette, a new layer of security at overpass vigil for hostages

by Sue Fishkoff June 9, 2025June 10, 2025
Family
Posted inIsrael

Israel recovers remains of Thai farmworker abducted on Oct. 7

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer June 9, 2025June 9, 2025
A man holds a picture of kidnapped American-Israeli hostages Gad Haggai and Judith Lynne Weinstein during a rally outside the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 26, 2023. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

IDF recovers remains of American-Israeli couple killed on Oct. 7

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer June 5, 2025June 5, 2025
Adam Boehler, the U.S. hostage envoy, speaks at the Jerusalem Post conference on May 19, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)
Posted inPolitics

U.S. hostage envoy: ‘We’re closer than we ever were’ to a deal with Hamas

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 20, 2025May 20, 2025
A crowd stands vigil awaiting the release of Edan Alexander, a local son and Hamas captive, in Tenafly, New Jersey, May 12, 2025. (Danielle Elkins)
Posted inU.S.

In N.J., celebration marks release of local son Edan Alexander from Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 12, 2025May 12, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and Vice President JD Vance appear during a meeting in the Oval Office on Feb. 4, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
In this year's Asufa Haggadah, an annual production with art by dozens of Israeli artists, multiple illustrations show seder tables with empty yellow chairs, symbols of the hostages in Gaza. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
Posted inIsrael

For a second year, Jews mark Festival of Freedom as hostages remain in Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
hostage posters
Posted inIsrael

These are the 59 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 7, 2025March 7, 2025
Four slain hostages
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Without its earlier theatrics, Hamas returns bodies of four more hostages

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

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