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Graphic (JTA) with photo of bodies of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, Israelis abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, and later killed, passed to the Red Cross in Gaza, Feb. 20, 2025. (Hasan Eslayeh/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

by Marc Katz February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
Newly freed hostages reunite with family members on Saturday. Top row from right: Omer Shem Tov, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu. 
Bottom, from right: Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen and Tal Shoham. (Collage via Israel Government Press Office_
Posted inIsrael

Families of newly freed hostages share stories of ’emotional and physical scars’

by Bar Peleg February 23, 2025February 23, 2025
Pro-Israel student groups at UC Berkeley set up an orange tent on Sproul Plaza on Thursday in memory of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.
 (Shaya Keyvanfar)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish students at Cal memorialize Bibas family with orange display

by J. Staff February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces received the caskets and draped them in Israeli flags on Thursday. (Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inIsrael

IDF: Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by Hamas, but third body is not their mother

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 20, 2025February 21, 2025
On his helicopter ride to an Israeli hospital on Saturday, newly freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen showed his support for the remaining 73 hostages, as his wife, Avital Dekel-Chen, looks on.  (Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inIsrael

Three more hostages are back home as Israelis mark 500 days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 16, 2025February 16, 2025
hostages on a stage in Gaza
Posted inNews

Poor health of newly released hostages shocks Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 9, 2025February 10, 2025
Daughters hug father
Posted inIsrael

Three men are released from Gaza captivity

by JTA Staff February 2, 2025February 2, 2025
Four young women on a stage
Posted inNews

Four more hostages released in choreographed ceremony

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 26, 2025January 26, 2025
Hostages freed
Posted inAnalysis

Freedom for three: Now the rest of the hostages must return

Amir Tibon by Amir Tibon January 19, 2025January 20, 2025
U.S. and Israeli flags flutter in the wind during a Jan. 17 vigil above Highway 24 in support of the hostages held by Hamas. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

Israel-Hamas deal is set, but Lafayette overpass vigil for hostages continues

by Sue Fishkoff January 18, 2025December 30, 2025

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