4 hostage bodies returned as 1st phase of ceasefire deal concludes
Remains of Shlomo Mantzur, Itzik Elgarat, Tsahi Idan and Ohad Yahalomi brought back from Gaza after being kidnapped on October 7, 2023.
Remains of Shlomo Mantzur, Itzik Elgarat, Tsahi Idan and Ohad Yahalomi brought back from Gaza after being kidnapped on October 7, 2023.
Remains of Oded Lifshitz also handed over by Hamas to the IDF. Officials say the identification process revealed they all were murdered in captivity.
Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen released after 505 days in captivity, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed after some 10 years.
Sagui Dekel-Chen, Iair Horn, and Sasha Troufanov were released by Hamas after nearly 500 days in captivity.
Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami appear much thinner and frailer than any other Israeli hostages released in the ceasefire deal so far.
Hamas releases Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon, Yarden Bibas, Arbel Yehud, Gadi Moses and soldier Agam Berger over the weekend
Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag were reunited with their families after 477 days in Hamas captivity.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher appear to be in stable health after spending more than a year in Hamas captivity.
Dr. Edith Eger and Iris Haim inspired the world with the way they handled traumatic events. Now LA director John Coles is exploring the bonds that unite these two unusual women.
Nobody knows what happened to Yarden and Shiri Bibas and their two little boys Ariel and Kfir after being abducted to Gaza. Their loved ones are trying not to lose hope.
The Israeli-American was found dead in a tunnel along with fellow hostages Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin has spent every day since her son Hersh’s kidnapping by Hamas in an unflagging campaign to free her son and the other hostages.
The world has never experienced a hostage crisis of such magnitude as that of October 7. Now Israeli hospitals must learn how to meet their needs.
Israelis in the country and abroad celebrate the release of Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv after eight months in captivity.
TIME Magazine lauds Goldberg-Polin for advocating for the Israeli hostages and their families, also includes Palestinian photographer documenting war.