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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)
Iraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 86, was taken from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager
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Hostage Shlomo Mansour confirmed dead

By Ellie Grant

1 min read
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)
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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

7 min read
Ohad Ben Ami being released by Hamas on Saturday, February 8
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Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read
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)
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Hostages were choked, hung from the ceiling and starved by Hamas, freed captives claim

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read
Idit Ohel (centre), mother of hostage Alon Ohel, has called for his release after receiving a first sign of life in 492 days from released captives who were held with him (Image: Getty)
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Hostage mother calls for special release as she receives son’s first sign of life in 492 days

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Freed hostages (L-R) Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev watch surveillance soldier Agam Bergerbeing released from Hamas captivity in Gaza (Israel Defence Forces)
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