Hostage
'Appreciate everything': Evyatar David on Hamas captivity, three years after Oct. 7 - interview
After 738 days as a Hamas hostage, David reflects on the friends he lost at Nova, the psychological torment of being told no one wanted him home, and the hope that sustained him.
Dr. Mike Evans leads October 7 solidarity gathering in Jerusalem
WATCH: Families of Oct. 7 massacre victims mark three years since attack with Tel Aviv ceremony
Former hostage Iair Horn declared honored guest of Buenos Aires, shares story of Gaza captivity
Almost three years after Oct. 7, 'Hostages Square' becomes official name of Tel Aviv Museum plaza
Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai said, "The square became a center of solidarity, mutual responsibility, and an uncompromising demand: Bring them, all of them, home."
Released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs songs written in captivity at Kibbutz Nir Oz concert
The Israel Festival event, titled “From Captivity to the Lawn: Stories and Songs,” drew 3,000 attendees, including bereaved families and other former captives.
Grapevine, July 31, 2026: Common sense and compassion
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
On the road to recovery: Former hostage Evyatar David speaks out for first time since captivity
“I understood that surviving captivity is one thing. Truly recovering is another battle entirely,” David wrote in a social media post.
Shin Bet Chief Zini makes first official visit to YAMAM counterterrorism unit, meets with deputy
Shin Bet Chief David Zini visited YAMAM for the first time, reviewing joint counterterrorism operations, technological capabilities, and the unit’s past hostage rescue missions in Gaza.
High Court rejects bid to recognize Israeli hostage mistakenly killed by IDF as fallen soldier
At the center of the case was a narrow but decisive legal question: whether Shamriz had entered military service by the time he was abducted.
Mazal tov! Former Gaza hostages Keith, Aviva Siegel celebrate daughter's pregnancy
This will be the couple's sixth grandchild, representing a move towards hope and recovery since Keith and Aviva Siegel were held hostage in Gaza after October 7.
'If you need to stab a terrorist, you do': What we can learn from a former hostage - editorial
“I just spoke to him the way they deserve, like the sons of b***** they are,” Buchshtab-Kirscht told Ynet.
Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage Iair Horn at memorial cermeony for AMIA attack
The brief interaction preceded a ceremony marking 32 years since the suicide bombing attack on AMIA, a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, as Milei holds steady on condemning the IRGC.
IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took IDF soldiers' remains hostage during Oct. 7 massacre
Hussam al-Shafie infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim and abducted Col. Asaf Hamami, St.-Sgt. Tomer Ahimas, and Sgt. Kiril Drodski's remains, taking them into the Gaza Strip.
