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‘We share an umbilical cord’ – hostage mother shares her agony after son’s ‘torture’ revealed

Idit Ohel learned on Monday that her son was being starved and chained in an underground tunnel with multiple untreated wounds

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read
Alon Ohel is reportedly enduring torture while in captivity, facing near starvation and being chained with untreated wounds, according to freed hostages. (Getty Images)
Shiri Bibas (center) and her sons Ariel, 4, (left) and baby Kfir, who were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
Israel

Israel prepares for the worst as Hamas hostage cancellation leaves fate of Bibas family uncertain

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet with the families of hostages and the bereaved at a commemoration event at 10 Downing Street in September 2024 (Picture: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street)
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The KC speaking up for British hostage families: ‘It’s been quite a rollercoaster’

By Elisa Bray

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Ohad Ben Ami being released by Hamas on Saturday, February 8
Hostages

Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read
Israeli Police have raided two bookshops in East Jerusalem and arrested the owners (Image: Iyad Muna/CNN)
East Jerusalem

Two arrested in Israeli raids on East Jerusalem bookshops

By Jacob Jaffa

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Eli Sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were killed on October 7, reunited with his mother, Hanna, and his sister, Osnat, on Saturday. (Credit: IDF Spokespersons' Unit)
Hostages

Hostages were choked, hung from the ceiling and starved by Hamas, freed captives claim

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree to end the controversial 'pay to slay' scheme (Image: Getty)
Palestinian Authority

PA to end controversial ‘pay to slay’ programme

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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