A teddy bear links hostage’s British family to grief and joy over release from Hamas
1 month, 1 week ago

A teddy bear links hostage’s British family to grief and joy over release from Hamas

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Gillian Brisley and her husband, Pete, watched their son-in-law’s release from captivity on Saturday morning, she clutched a teddy bear to her chest. “While Gill was crying, she was holding on to the teddy bear, which was Lianne’s from the age of about 10 years old and which we were lucky enough to find on Kibbutz Be’eri when we went to the house,” Pete Brisley said. Just, you know, mixed emotions.” open image in gallery Eli Sharabi is escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross Then there’s the continuing concern for Sharabi. “Mum has found it a great comfort to speak to Leanne’s bear, and she says basically she speaks to the bear every morning, every evening and she speaks to the bear as though she’s talking to Leanne,” Stephen Brisley said.

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Israeli former hostage recounts hearing, on his release, of wife and daughters’ deaths
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Israeli former hostage recounts hearing, on his release, of wife and daughters’ deaths

CNN  

CNN — An Israeli man who was held hostage by Hamas for 491 days has described how he was starved while in captivity and recalled the moment on his release from Gaza – when he found out his wife and daughters had been killed during the October 7, 2023 attacks. In an emotional televised interview that aired Thursday on Israeli …

Thousands mourn Bibas family, symbols of Israel's hostage ordeal
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Thousands mourn Bibas family, symbols of Israel's hostage ordeal

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of mourners, carrying flags and orange balloons, joined the funeral procession Wednesday for Shiri Bibas and her two sons, who were killed in Gaza captivity and had become symbols of Israel's hostage ordeal. Thousands mourn Bibas family, symbols of Israel's hostage ordeal The bodies of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel were returned to Israel last week …

New returned remains of slain hostage Shiri Bibas identified as hers, says family
3 weeks, 5 days ago

New returned remains of slain hostage Shiri Bibas identified as hers, says family

Firstpost  

The family of Shiri Bibas said on Saturday that the remains Hamas returned to Israel on Friday were confirmed to be hers. The family of slain hostage Shiri Bibas said on Saturday that remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday were identified as hers, news agency AFP reported. The Israeli kibbutz community of Nir Oz announced Shiri Bibas’s death …

Hamas releases Israeli hostages, returns remains of Shiri Bibas
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Hamas releases Israeli hostages, returns remains of Shiri Bibas

NPR  

Hamas releases Israeli hostages, returns remains of Shiri Bibas toggle caption Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV — Hamas released six Israeli hostages early Saturday in three different locations throughout Gaza, in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed from Israeli jails. This comes two days after Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages, one …

Middle East latest: Netanyahu says body Hamas released was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Middle East latest: Netanyahu says body Hamas released was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage

Associated Press  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday. In a statement released Friday, Netanyahu criticized the handover of the wrong remains as a “cruel …

Benjamin Netanyahu vows revenge against Hamas for failed release of hostage Shiri Bibas's body
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Benjamin Netanyahu vows revenge against Hamas for failed release of hostage Shiri Bibas's body

ABC  

Israel's prime minister is promising Hamas will "pay the full price" for not releasing the body of an Israeli hostage alongside the remains of her two young children. The group had said the four were Shiri Bibas and her two sons Ariel and Kfir, along with another man Oded Lifshitz — all abducted from the same community, Kibbutz Nir Oz, …

Watch live: Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages, including four-year-old child
1 month ago

Watch live: Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages, including four-year-old child

The Independent  

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Israel confirms four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family
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1 month ago

Israel confirms four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip are expected to be returned on Thursday, an Israeli official said Wednesday. The fate of the Bibas mother and boys was unclear for much of the war, and the family released …

Hamas' youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, his brother and mother are confirmed dead: Families forum shares 'heart-shattering' update
1 month ago

Hamas' youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, his brother and mother are confirmed dead: Families forum shares 'heart-shattering' update

Daily Mail  

A group representing the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, has tragically confirmed that Kfir Bibas, the terror group's youngest hostage, is dead, along with his brother and mother. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced that Kfir, who was less than a year old when he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, his mother Shiri Bibas and his …

Bibas family: Israeli hostage families forum receives ‘heart-shattering’ news of deaths
1 month ago

Bibas family: Israeli hostage families forum receives ‘heart-shattering’ news of deaths

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Wednesday that it had received the “heart-shattering news” that Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, are among the four dead hostages expected to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The forum later released a statement at the request of the Bibas family asking the public not to …

Hamas postpones release of Israeli hostages over ‘ceasefire violations’
1 month, 1 week ago

Hamas postpones release of Israeli hostages over ‘ceasefire violations’

Hindustan Times  

Hamas announced on Monday that it would halt the release of Israeli hostages until further notice, alleging Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, Reuters reported. Hamas militants escort Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025. Hamas spokesperson Abu Ubaida said that since …

Israeli hostage, unaware of wife & daughters’ death, says ‘very happy to return’
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli hostage, unaware of wife & daughters’ death, says ‘very happy to return’

Live Mint  

Gaza War: On Saturday, three Israeli hostages were released by the Hamas after being held in captivity for 491 days. Among them was Eli Sharabi, a man unaware of the demise of his family members back in Kibbutz Be'eri. On his arrival, Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi said: "I am very happy today to return to my wife and daughters," according …

'Happy to return to wife, daughters': Freed hostage unaware Hamas killed them
1 month, 1 week ago

'Happy to return to wife, daughters': Freed hostage unaware Hamas killed them

India Today  

Eli Sharabi, among the three hostages released by Hamas on Saturday after 491 days, told Israeli soldiers he was looking forward to meeting his wife and two daughters. However, he was unaware that his British-born wife Leanne and daughters Noya, 16, and Yahel, 13, were killed on October 7, 2023, the day when Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Work …

Israeli hostage family criticise ‘grotesque spectacle’ of Hamas release
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli hostage family criticise ‘grotesque spectacle’ of Hamas release

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery From left: Or Levy, Eli …

Teddy bear helps hostage’s British family come to terms with grief amid joy over his release
1 month, 1 week ago

Teddy bear helps hostage’s British family come to terms with grief amid joy over his release

Associated Press  

LONDON — As Gillian Brisley and her husband, Pete, watched their son-in-law’s release from captivity on Saturday morning, she clutched a teddy bear to her chest. “While Gill was crying, she was holding on to the teddy bear, which was Lianne’s from the age of about 10 years old and which we were lucky enough to find on Kibbutz Be’eri …

Frail, weak and pale: Tears and shock as three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas appear shells of their former selves after 491 days of hell - including father whose British wife and two daughters were
1 month, 1 week ago

Frail, weak and pale: Tears and shock as three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas appear shells of their former selves after 491 days of hell - including father whose British wife and two daughters were

Daily Mail  

Smiling, glowing and healthy - three words to describe how three Israeli hostages looked before they were taken hostage by Hamas almost 500 days ago. The banner reads 'absolute victory', laid over an image of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside a red triangle A statement from the Sharabi and Brisley families and their lawyers said: 'We and our clients, …

Hamas releases three Israeli hostages as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds; 183 Palestinians to be freed later
1 month, 1 week ago

Hamas releases three Israeli hostages as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds; 183 Palestinians to be freed later

Firstpost  

Hamas-led Palestinian militants have so far released 18 hostages. In exchange, Israel has freed approximately 600 prisoners, primarily Palestinians, from the country’s jails Palestinian Hamas fighters escort Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025, as part of the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange of a fragile …

Israeli father whose British wife and teenage daughters were killed by Hamas is among latest three hostages released
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli father whose British wife and teenage daughters were killed by Hamas is among latest three hostages released

Daily Mail  

An Israeli hostage whose British wife and teenage daughters were ruthlessly killed by Hamas has been released in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal to end the 15-month hellish war in Gaza. Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released by Hamas militants as part of …

Hamas releases names of three hostages to be freed on February 8, 2025
1 month, 1 week ago

Hamas releases names of three hostages to be freed on February 8, 2025

The Hindu  

Hamas said it would release three Israelis on Saturday in the fifth hostage-prisoner swap between the militants and Israel as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, in exchange for 183 prisoners to be freed from Israeli jails. Since his initial declaration, Israel has ordered its military to prepare for the “voluntary” relocation of Gazans, while Hamas has rejected Trump’s plan …

Gaza hostage families conflicted over those not on release list
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gaza hostage families conflicted over those not on release list

Raw Story  

by Michael Blum and Sharon Aronowicz The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are trapped in limbo, two days before the second prisoner exchange of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, with many having relatives both on the list to be freed and those who aren't. They are among the 91 hostages taken captive during Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack and still …

Emhoff 'gutted' after hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza, says he and VP Harris 'both grieving'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Emhoff 'gutted' after hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza, says he and VP Harris 'both grieving'

The Independent  

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Watch: Funeral of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage by Hamas takes place in Jerusalem
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: Funeral of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage by Hamas takes place in Jerusalem

The Independent  

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Israeli Army Recovers Body Hostage From Gaza Strip Hamas Palestine Elad Katzir PM Netanyahu
11 months, 1 week ago

Israeli Army Recovers Body Hostage From Gaza Strip Hamas Palestine Elad Katzir PM Netanyahu

ABP News  

New Delhi: Israel's army said on Saturday its troops recovered the body of Elad Katzir, a hostage who was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attack and subsequently murdered while in captivity in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army confirmed in a statement that the body of Elad Katzir, who was abducted alongside his mother Hanna from the …

The long, lonely fight of an Israeli hostage's sister, who fears time is running out
1 year ago

The long, lonely fight of an Israeli hostage's sister, who fears time is running out

NPR  

The long, lonely fight of an Israeli hostage's sister, who fears time is running out Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa for NPR Tamir Kalifa for NPR TEL AVIV, Israel — On a Saturday night in February, in a rally at a plaza now known as Hostage Square, families line up, preparing to take the stage one by one, …

Gaza hostage families storm Israeli parliament meeting to demand their return
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza hostage families storm Israeli parliament meeting to demand their return

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Family members of Israelis held …

Hamas says 10-month-old hostage killed along with his brother and mother
1 year, 3 months ago

Hamas says 10-month-old hostage killed along with his brother and mother

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 10-month-old boy, his four-year-old …

Relative of baby Hamas hostage Kfir Bibas says it's 'torture' not knowing where he is - as Israel says he's been handed to terror group in Khan Younis and is now in line of IDF fire
1 year, 3 months ago

Relative of baby Hamas hostage Kfir Bibas says it's 'torture' not knowing where he is - as Israel says he's been handed to terror group in Khan Younis and is now in line of IDF fire

Daily Mail  

The family of Hamas' youngest hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, say it is 'torture' knowing he has been handed to another terror group as war 'leverage' in the hopes that he might deter IDF from bombing the city he is now believed to be in. IDF officials say he is now in the control of another terror group and is near …

Freed hostage escaped Hamas but was recaptured days later, family says
1 year, 3 months ago

Freed hostage escaped Hamas but was recaptured days later, family says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s a movie, this whole thing.” Ms Magid, who …

Yocheved Lifshitz: Released Israeli hostage offers first picture of being held captive by Hamas in Gaza
1 year, 4 months ago

Yocheved Lifshitz: Released Israeli hostage offers first picture of being held captive by Hamas in Gaza

The Independent  

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Hostage families hope for breakthrough after grandmother released by Hamas
1 year, 4 months ago

Hostage families hope for breakthrough after grandmother released by Hamas

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British families of those being held hostage by Hamas are …

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the ‘hell’ of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture
1 year, 4 months ago

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the ‘hell’ of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip. “Masses swarmed our houses, beat people, and some were taken hostage,” said Lifshitz, speaking softly …

‘I went through hell:’ Released Hamas hostage describes being kidnapped and taken into tunnel system
1 year, 4 months ago

‘I went through hell:’ Released Hamas hostage describes being kidnapped and taken into tunnel system

CNN  

CNN — An Israeli hostage released by Hamas has described her ordeal after she was kidnapped by gunmen and taken into a tunnel system in Gaza during the Palestinian militant group’s deadly assault in Israel on October 7, saying “I went through hell.” Yocheved Lifshitz, a frail 85-year-old grandmother who was one of two hostages released by Hamas on Monday, …

Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell'
1 year, 4 months ago

Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell'

NPR  

Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell' Enlarge this image toggle caption Erik Marmor/AFP via Getty Images Erik Marmor/AFP via Getty Images Follow the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict via NPR's digital live coverage. JERUSALEM — In a remarkable press conference the day after she was released by Hamas, freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz described her kidnapping by militants …

Please save us. I don't know where to run. They're shouting 'Die Israel'! The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by
1 year, 5 months ago

Please save us. I don't know where to run. They're shouting 'Die Israel'! The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by

Daily Mail  

The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent to their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by Hamas have been revealed. Lianne Shirabi sent a panicked text to her sister-in-law saying she could hear members of the terrorist group 'shooting and shouting 'Die Israel''' before begging her to call for help Yahel's heartbroken family this afternoon paid …

British-Israeli lawyer trawling hours of brutal footage in hope of finding sister feared hostage to Hamas
1 year, 5 months ago

British-Israeli lawyer trawling hours of brutal footage in hope of finding sister feared hostage to Hamas

The Telegraph  

A British lawyer said he fears his sister, her husband and their two children are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Ahal Besorai, 60, said he frantically called his family in his hometown of Be’eri, a small farming community in southern Israel, when he heard the area was under attack last Saturday. But he has not heard from his …

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