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Hostages Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert released in Gaza

The three men were paraded at a Hamas ceremony but the last hostage to be freed today, Hisham al-Sayed will be handed over privately

By JC Reporter

3 min read
Omer Shem Tov is reunited with his parents (Photo: IDF)
TOPSHOT - Newly released Israeli hostage Tal Shoham waves to supporters after arriving at Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre in Petah Tikva in central Israel on February 22, 2025. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham freed from Hamas, back in Israel

By JC Reporter

1 min read
BBC correspondent Paul Adams has been criticised for his social media posts and a recent report on the release of slain Israeli hostages (Photo: BBC)
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BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read
The UK Foreign Office has called on Hamas to immediately return Shiri Bibas to Israel (Image: Flash90)
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Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read
(From left) Oran, his father Moshik, and his little brother Tomer. Moshik, Tomer, Almog's cousin Assaf, and his grandparents Ze'evik and Ruthie were killed in a 2003 terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Oran Almog)
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‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read
Poster bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R) (Picture: Getty)
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Kfir and Ariel Bibas were murdered by terrorists’ ‘bare hands’ and corpses mutilated by Hamas

By Ellie Grant

1 min read
Six hostages are set to be released on Saturday (top L-R) Omer Shem-Tov, Omer Wenkert, Tal Shoham (bottom L-R) Eliya Cohen, Hisham al-Sayed, Avera Mengistu
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Who are the six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday?

By Ellie Grant

4 min read

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Rosa Doherty

By Rosa Doherty

If the bodies of babies can’t make the world care about Jewish lives, nothing can

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February 21, 2025 07:34
Kfir Bibas was just nine months old when he was abducted (Image: Getty)

IDF forensic analysis reveals body Hamas returned is not Shiri Bibas, and Kfir and Ariel were murdered in captivity

By JC Reporter

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February 21, 2025 07:04
The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

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February 20, 2025 18:07
Hundreds mourn Bibas family in ‘funeral’ outside Parliament
Nicole Lampert

By Nicole Lampert

So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now?

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February 20, 2025 17:06
Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

British-linked peace activist Oded Lifshitz identified among deceased hostages returned to Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

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February 20, 2025 10:10
The IDF has marked the return of the bodies of four hostages, believed to be the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, in a military ceremony (Image: IDF)

Who was Oded Lifschitz? Retired journalist and activist for Palestinian rights

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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February 20, 2025 09:27
Sharon and her dad Oded Lifschitz

A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

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February 19, 2025 19:48
A family lost in Gaza who became symbols of October 7, who were Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas?

Bodies of Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas will be handed over on Thursday, Israel confirms

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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February 19, 2025 18:50
Hamas has reportedly confirmed that the Bibas children will be among the deceased hostages returned to Israel this week (Image: Getty)

Hamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire deal

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

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February 19, 2025 15:53
Posters of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, plastered outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square". (Getty Images)
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