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JTA – What caught Nim Shapira’s eye when videos of New Yorkers tearing down posters of Israeli hostages began circulating in October 2023 wasn’t just the...
JTA – Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages late on Wednesday, 15 October, and said it had released all of the remains it’s able...
I don’t think a single person slept a wink in Israel on Sunday night, 12 October. You could feel a sense of hope mixed with trepidation...
“This is a morning of historic and momentous news,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog posted on X on the morning of 9 October 2025 in response to...
Every day since Or Levy was released from Hamas captivity, he has apologised to his son, Almog, for not being there for him for 491 days...
Former hostage Or Levy, his four-year-old son, Almog, and mother-in-law Pnina Elkayam, were joined by members of the South African Jewish community on Sunday, 31 August,...
Every time you think the hostage and ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are edging towards a breakthrough, the rug gets pulled out. The rhythm is...
JTA -President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday, 24 August, that some Israeli hostages have died inside Gaza since the last ceasefire, alarming families of the 20...
Former hostages, South African-born Aviva Siegel and her husband, Keith, went into the Red Cross South African head office in Pretoria on Monday, 18 August, to...
JTA -Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Sunday, 17 August, at the end of a day of demonstrations around the country to...
“We’re still in the tunnels,” said South African-born former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel, who is in Johannesburg this week with her husband, Keith, to raise awareness...
Two videos surfaced last week that should have stopped the news cycle cold. They showed two Israeli hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, kidnapped in October...
Ilay David pleads with the members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, 5 August, for the immediate and unconditional release of his brother, Evyatar...
Tal Shoham, a former Israeli hostage who is on a trip to South Africa, was devastated when he saw the Hamas propaganda video last weekend showing...
Survivors of Hamas captivity – Doron Steinbrecher; Liri Albag; Naama Levy; Moran Stella Yanai; and Ilana Gritzewsky – met Israeli actress Gal Gadot for a private...
When Sapir Cohen arrived in South Africa in May 2024, she carried with her the trauma of 55 days in Hamas captivity, along with a quiet...
JTA – The last time Israel and Hamas struck a ceasefire in their war in early 2025, 38 hostages were released, almost all of them living....
Tarryn*, a London-based South African expat, proudly flew Nova festival and yellow ribbon hostage flags at the Glastonbury Festival this past weekend in the face of...
JTA – Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on 19 June to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days...
When Agam Berger finally boarded an Israel Defense Forces helicopter to her freedom after 482 days of Hamas hell, the first words she wrote on the...
Former Israeli hostage Amit Soussana’s bravery at being the first person to speak out publicly about the sexual abuse and torture she suffered at the hands...
When 22-year-old Kayla Lowenstein saw her Israeli host brother, Omer Shem Tov, being released from Hamas captivity on 22 February, she broke down in tears due...
South African-born Aviva Siegel is “smiling from ear to ear” now that she has been reunited with her beloved husband, Keith, 65, who was released from...
Freed South African-born hostage Aviva Siegel ached at her mother-in-law’s funeral this week, mourning not only the loss of the family matriarch but the prolonged absence...
The verse “a time to be born and a time to die” in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), which speaks of there being a time and season for everything,...
“It’s hard to think that in one devastating day, our lives were changed so dramatically,” says Lotus Lahav (22). Both she and her mother, Irit Lahav...
A freed hostage from Gaza and the man who moved mountains to try track her down during her captivity have both experienced a life-changing, faith restoring...
The agony of a mother whose daughter she believes has been trapped in a suffocating tunnel in Gaza for nearly a year, petrified and starving in...
JTA – Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s mother looked almost as the world has gotten to know her when she took the podium at her son’s funeral in Jerusalem....
South African-born grandmother and former hostage, Channah Peri, has endured unimaginable torment for more than 10 months, a nightmare that began with the horrific events of...
Shame on those who call the recovery of six bodies of Israeli hostages a success! Shame on those who think that military pressure saves hostages –...
On that horrific Saturday, 7 October, I was supposed to visit my son, Yarden, and his family in Kibbutz Nir Oz. At 06:30, sirens blared. I...
Terrorist attacks like the 7 October massacre in Israel are committed every few days in Africa against innocent Christians and moderate Muslims, according to the African-Jewish...
Walking towards the place in Tel Aviv that has become known as Hostage Square on Saturday night, 22 June, I had a sinking feeling. Throngs of...
When one of her Hamas captors told Sapir Cohen that when Jews are together, they are very strong, she was shocked, but came to the realisation...
South African born grandmother and former Hamas hostage Channah Peri clings to hope that her son, Nadav Popplewell, is still alive, in spite of Hamas declaring...
Freed hostage Aviva Siegel has chosen not to watch the Hamas propaganda video of her beloved husband, Keith, whom she was forced to leave behind in...
Taking hostages is an age-old military practice that stretches back for as long as humans have engaged in warfare. Hostages served strategic and political purposes in...
For South African BCom Marketing student Kayla Lowenstein, the call for the return of the hostages is personal. One of the young men still being held...
Arriving at a home in central Israel recently, South African expat Linda Friedland walked towards the covered patio where a little girl was playing. It was...
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