Hostage

Israel identifies deceased hostage from Gaza following fourth such transfer this week

Israel has received remains of one of the last deceased hostages held in Gaza, in the fourth such transfer this week. On Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said the remains were identified as Command Sergeant Major Lior Rudaeff. The 61-year-old was killed at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak during the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023. …

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Egypt Independent November 9, 2025

Israel receives 4 coffins carrying remains of hostages

The Israeli military announced that the Red Cross had delivered four coffins containing the remains of dead hostages. Israeli authorities earlier said the Red Cross was on its way to a meeting point in southern Gaza to receive “several coffins”. The transfer of more dead hostages comes after an Israeli military agency said it would …

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Egypt Independent October 15, 2025

Returning hostage bodies from Gaza may take time, Red Cross says

Returning hostage bodies from Gaza may take time, Red Cross says The International Committee of the Red Cross said on

Middle East Eye October 14, 2025

Israel recovers body of hostage and remains of another, as Gaza City declared a ‘dangerous combat zone’

Israel’s military recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday, as it declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault. The recovered body was identified as Ilan Weiss, 56, from Kibbutz Be’eri, and the remains of the other hostage have yet to be identified, …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2025

Netanyahu orders ‘immediate negotiations’ to release hostages as Israel advances Gaza City operation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered negotiations for the release of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza “on terms acceptable to Israel.” The Israel military still intends to advance plans to take control of Gaza City, Netanyahu said. The Israeli leader’s remarks came in a video recorded on …

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Egypt Independent August 23, 2025

Why Israeli hostage protests must expand to advocate for all of Gaza

Why Israeli hostage protests must expand to advocate for all of Gaza Submitted by Orly Noy on Thu, 08/21/2025 –

Middle East Eye August 23, 2025

Hostage families sail toward Gaza calling for Israel to end the war

Families of some of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have sailed towards the Palestinian enclave on Thursday, in a desperate attempt to put pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it contemplates expanding the war in Gaza. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, as well as the opposition and a …

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Egypt Independent August 9, 2025

Outrage in Israel as hostage ‘horror’ videos emerge at decision time for Netanyahu’s government

“What I’m doing now is digging my own grave,” says Evyatar David, as his fragile figure, weak with hunger, scrapes at the dirt with a shovel in a cramped Gaza tunnel. “Every day, my body becomes weaker and weaker,” the 24-year-old hostage adds, “and time is running out.” This is just one of the horrifying …

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Egypt Independent August 5, 2025

Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker alive but in distress, says freed American Edan Alexander

Tel Aviv CNN — Newly freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander provided new information about Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, confirming that he is alive but suffering from significant weight loss, abdominal pain and mental distress, according to Zangauker’s family. Zangauker was held by Hamas alongside Alexander from October 7, 2023, until Alexander’s release last week, Zangauker’s …

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Egypt Independent May 21, 2025

Israel hits Gaza hospital as strikes resume following hostage release

CNN — Israel struck a hospital in Gaza early Tuesday, a day after briefly pausing military activity for the release of Israeli-American Edan Alexander by Hamas. The Israeli military resumed strikes in Gaza about an hour after Alexander left the territory, hitting the Al Daraj neighborhood in northern Gaza on Monday evening, before striking the …

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Egypt Independent May 14, 2025

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