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The return of both living and deceased hostages to Israel marks a crucial turning point in the conflict that began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas invaded Israel...
As the early morning traffic crossed the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Braamfontein on 29 January, commuters saw hundreds of blue balloons and posters of former Israeli hostages in...
This week, for the first time in more than two years, the relentless count of days ended. The last Israeli hostage – the last body held in Gaza – was brought back...
JTA – Israel has identified the remains handed over on Wednesday, 3 December, by Hamas as belonging to Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker murdered on 7 October 2023. Rinthalak had been working in Israel for years,...
For two long years, Johannesburg’s streets carried posters with the faces of Israeli hostages who were being held in Gaza, a reminder of our pain, hope,...
JTA – Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square”, wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning...
JTA -Dozens of Israeli hostages held for two years in Gaza, including 20 who remain alive, are to be released imminently following an agreement between Israel...
After two years and two days of unbearable anxiety, anguish, and uncertainty, we can finally breathe a little easier: 48 hostages are finally returning home. For...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has welcomed with deep relief and hope the news that an agreement has been reached for Hamas to release all...
“The South African Jewish Board of Deputies [SAJBD] joins Jewish communities worldwide in prayer for the safe return of the hostages and the peace deal,” said...
The Jewish world is holding its breath at the news that Israel and Hamas have finally signed a peace deal, brokered by the United States and...
Finally, finally, finally, they are coming home!” Lisa Hack, the chairperson of the South African Union for Progressive Judaism, said in response to news of the...
The families of hostages were in Washington, DC on 9 October to commemorate the second anniversary of the attacks on 7 October 2023 when it was...
