December 8, 2025 - Since then, the terror group has released all but one of the deceased hostages—including Inbar Haiman, the last female hostage, and the last two remaining American citizens, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.

November 6, 2025 - These are the eight American hostages who were in Hamas captivity. Whether raised in Israel or spending a gap year before college, their lives were violently interrupted when thousands of Hamas terrorists crossed the Gaza border on October 7. Each story is a reminder of lives torn apart, families waiting, and a nation’s enduring hope.

4 days ago - The IDF did not reveal exactly when the operation took place, nor where in the Gaza Strip they found the body. Shaul's body was brought back to Israel and taken to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute where it was identified. On 20 October 2023, Hamas released two American hostages for humanitarian ...

December 3, 2025 - Oz Daniel, 19, was a staff-sergeant in the IDF's 7th Armoured Brigade and was killed during a battle with Hamas gunmen near the Gaza perimeter fence on 7 October. His body was taken to Gaza as a hostage, according to the IDF. Itay Chen, 19, was an Israeli-American serving as a soldier in the IDF's 7th Brigade on 7 October.

November 27, 2023 - Biden is pushing for the 9 U.S. hostages to be part of the next release, after a 4-year-old American girl was among 17 released Sunday

April 3, 2025 - Sagui Dekel Chen and two other hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza after nearly 500 days of horrific captivity. I am grateful that they are back home and safe with their families. Hamas still holds 73 hostages including New Jersey native Edan Alexander and the remains of four Americans ...

October 7, 2024 - Four Americans are among the dozens of hostages still believed to be alive after being kidnapped a year ago in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. More than 250 people were kidnapped from Israeli communities and a music festival last year, when ...

3 days ago - As of 17 December 2025, the body of one hostage, Ran Gvili, is still held in the Gaza Strip. In addition to the hostages kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, there were two hostage standoff situations inside Israel during the October 7 attacks, with a third attempt at a standoff thwarted when the victims ...

November 21, 2025 - 26-strong group includes 17 of the 20 hostages released last month; thanking US president, they urge him to continue pressuring Hamas to return remaining three bodies held in Strip

May 11, 2025 - Fifty-nine hostages are still in Gaza, around a third of them believed to be alive. Most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

August 19, 2024 - It is believed that six U.S. hostages remain in Gaza. Israel also has a responsibility to these hostages, who either lived in Israel or held dual Israeli citizenship. However, an American is an American, regardless of their second passport or ...

May 14, 2025 - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months, offering a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.

June 5, 2025 - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip.