Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
18 Nisan 5785
‘We weren’t prepared to go down without a fight’ says Heidi Bachram and Adam Ma’anit, the organisers behind many of the city’s hostage campaigns
By Daniel Ben-David
Released hostages warn that end of ceasefire risks lives of hostages
By Jane Prinsley
JW3 held a shiva for Oded Lifschitz, where hundreds of visitors offered condolences to his daughter, Sharone, and family
By Gaby Wine
‘It would be wonderful for Sharone to be completely surrounded by love’
By Ellie Grant and Gaby Wine
The Witkoff plan also calls for the release of half of the deceased captives held in Gaza
By JC Reporter
The UK pupils wanted to show their solidarity to Israel and the hostages
By Melanie Phillips
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Footage showing the couple’s abduction on October 7 attracted global attention
By Ellie Grant
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A further 35 captives have been confirmed dead
By Jacob Jaffa
Starmer said Sharabi’s experience in captivity under Hamas was ‘inhuman’
The delegation included Eli Sharabi, whose British-Israeli wife and children were killed during the October 7 attacksthe re
The US President also met with a delegation of recently freed hostages ahead of his strongly-worded statement
By Nathan Jeffay
The corporation has admitted its wrongdoing, but it's not enough for some people
By Leo Pearlman
Eli Sharabi was held in Gaza for almost 500 days, only discovering upon his release that his wife and children had been murdered on October 7
Plus, former minister accuses freed hostage of ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’ following criticism
