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‘His face is no longer symmetrical’ – mother of hostage soldier on why Pesach brings particular pain

Matan Angrest was all set to enjoy a trip abroad with his family to celebrate the end of his IDF service when he was abducted by Hamas

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

April 15, 2025 12:32

Matan Angrest is among the 59 hostages still held in Gaza

JC Israel Briefing Day 557: A new ceasefire proposal – but little relief for hostage families

Plus, a new political scandal grips Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

April 15, 2025 08:32

Hostage campaigners have criticised a proposed ceasefire deal that would reportedly see only some of the captives freed from Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Netanyahu tells parents of Israeli hostage that new deal could free 10 captives

Israeli hostage families press for unified release as negotiations with Hamas continue

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

April 14, 2025 19:17

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

David Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields

By Lorin Bell-Cross & Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 11, 2025 16:07

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the JC that Hamas' designation as a proscribed terrorist group is 'not for changing' (Image: Getty)

Hamas-run Health Ministry inflated Gaza death toll using decade-old fatalities

A number of people included in the latest round of supposedly official data also appeared on a similar list in 2014

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

April 11, 2025 10:51

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has been found to have included decade-old fatalities in its latest death toll data (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 553: Hostage returns ‘close’, claims Trump

Plus, Agam Berger’s touching account of Passover in captivity

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

April 11, 2025 08:13

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the return of the remaining hostages is 'close' (Image: Getty)

British lawyers representing Hamas called for ‘victory to the Intifada’ and said Zionists ‘will be hunted down’

Members of the team trying to secure the group’s de-proscription in the UK seemingly celebrated the October 7 attacks and referred to senior terrorists as ‘martyrs’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

April 10, 2025 16:23

A London-based law firm has launched a bid on behalf of Hamas to have the group de-proscribed (Photo: Getty Images)

By Alex Hearn

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

The list of politicians banned by Britain is significant, and includes an Israeli. But suddenly it is considered a special affront that a nation at war is policing its borders from hostile actors

2 min read

April 10, 2025 12:45

Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks as the United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the situation in the Middle East (photo: Getty Images)

By Phil Rosenberg

We are a family – and there is far more that unites us than divides us

The tragedy of October 7 and the ordeal of the hostages has brought the UK Jewish community together in grief, but also in determination

2 min read

April 10, 2025 11:38

Yarden Bibas being reunited with his sister, Ofri, and father, Eli (Photo: X)

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Government rejects efforts to detain Israeli foreign minister during London visit

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

Police urged to reveal what they knew about Green councillor who shared Hamas video

JC Israel Briefing Day 558: Hamas loses contact with US-Israeli hostage

Hamas’ death toll figures are a sham – and now we have proof

Associated Press accused of continuing employment of Hamas-linked photographer years after being tipped off

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‘His face is no longer symmetrical’ – mother of hostage soldier on why Pesach brings particular pain

JC Israel Briefing Day 557: A new ceasefire proposal – but little relief for hostage families

Netanyahu tells parents of Israeli hostage that new deal could free 10 captives

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

Hamas-run Health Ministry inflated Gaza death toll using decade-old fatalities

JC Israel Briefing Day 553: Hostage returns ‘close’, claims Trump

British lawyers representing Hamas called for ‘victory to the Intifada’ and said Zionists ‘will be hunted down’

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

We are a family – and there is far more that unites us than divides us