Gaza hostages

WATCH: New footage released marking two years since operation rescuing four hostages from Hamas

The footage shows the Israel Police Counterterrorism Unit officers, who arrived at both locations simultaneously, rescuing hostages and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Hamas's Nukhba terrorists.

 The four rescued hostages seen at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on June 8, 2024
Dizengoff Square with photographs of victims from the October 7 massacre. June 03, 2026.

'I lost trust in my army,' former official says in debate over transparency after Oct. 7 failures

Killed terrorist Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell who  infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre and took part in the abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel, and Or Levy.

WATCH: IDF kills Oct. 7 terrorist who kidnapped Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel

Gal Bilboa-Dalal receives first tattoo from Healing Ink based on the secret message from his brother Guy Bilboa-Dalal carried out of Gaza by a freed hostage.

Former Gaza hostage, October 7 survivors receive therapeutic Healing Ink tattoos


Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s memoir about her son's murder tops NYT bestseller list

Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023. Part of his arm was shot off during the abduction, and he was held captive in Gaza.

 RACHEL AND JON Goldberg-Polin attend the funeral of their son, Hersh, in Jerusalem.

Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism

Fighting antisemitism is "personal to me," Leo Terrell tells the Magazine, as he leads a federal task force targeting threats to the Jewish community.

LEO TERRELL in his Washington office wearing his Hadar Goldin hat, with hostage pictures in the background. Lt. Goldin died in a 2014 Hamas ambush in Gaza, with his body finally returned to be laid to rest in Israel this past Nov.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

USAC had argued that the Nazarian Center's sponsorship of the April 14 event reflected a disregard for Palestinian life and made the university complicit in amplifying one sided narratives.

A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

Former Gaza hostages visit wounded soldiers before Independence Day

Avinatan Or, Alon Ohel, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal were treated at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus when they were first freed from Hamas captivity.

FORMER HOSTAGES meet with Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanon.

Former Gaza hostage Eli Sharabi reflects on Independence Day, family loss

Eli Sharabi, who survived Hamas captivity, shares his emotional journey after the October 7 massacre, revealing how Independence Day now holds deeper meaning as he honors his murdered family.

Eli Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and survived 491 days in Hamas captivity.

Every day is Memorial Day: A mother's daily battle with grief and the choice to live - opinion

Memorial Day holds new meaning for Shirit Yerushalmi, who reflects on life after losing her daughter in Gaza.

People next to photos of victims of terror attacks and fallen Israeli soldiers at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day, April 20, 2026.

Op. Red Heart: Fallen soldier’s mother reveals son was killed in op. tied to Bibas rescue attempt

The disclosure came more than two years after the soldiers’ deaths and after Israel later learned that Shiri Bibas and her children had already been killed in captivity. 

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

Thousands urge Israeli media to skip state Independence Day ceremony, air civilian alternative

The campaign was launched by Yotam Kipnis, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri who lost both his parents and several relatives in the October 7 massacre.

Former hostage Emily Damari lights the torch during the main rehearsal of the 77th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025.

'I feel like we failed' to bring Gaza hostages home, Rachel Goldberg-Polin tells CBS's 60 Minutes

"What we were fighting for did happen. We got all these people home, not the way we wanted. We wanted them home, alive, but they had come home," she told Anderson Cooper.

 RACHEL AND JON Goldberg-Polin attend the funeral of their son, Hersh, in Jerusalem.

'I feel invisible’: Families of slain hostages warn Knesset panel they lack gov't support

Family members of slain hostages share their emotional struggles, criticizing the government for a lack of support and calling for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 failures.

Family members of slain hostages spoke of the lack of government support and emotional struggle at Knesset panel. April 19, 2026.