Gaza war hostage crisis

5 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 ...

November 7, 2025 - On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists waged the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — slaughtering more than 1,200 Israelis and taking 240 civilians hostage. Here is what is known about the people taken hostage on October 7, the history ...

3 weeks ago - As part of the first phase of President Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan, which stipulated that Hamas release all 48 hostages within 72 hours of the ceasefire, Hamas released the 20 surviving hostages on October 13.

3 weeks ago - Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal, which took effect on 10 October, Hamas agreed to return the 20 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of the 28 dead Israeli and foreign hostages still in Gaza within 72 hours.

1 month ago - Israel says 20 living hostages and 26 deceased held by Hamas have been returned under a ceasefire deal.

1 month ago - The fragile agreement aims to wind down the war that was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage, by Israeli figures.

2 weeks ago - The body of Ran Gvili, who was killed while trying to help people escape from the Nova music festival, is the last Israeli hostage held by Hamas. Gvili was 24 and the member of an elite police unit.

October 19, 2025 - Israel watched and rejoiced as the final 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released and returned on October 13 to Israel, where they and their families could begin their journeys of healing and rehabilitation together.

October 15, 2025 - WATCH: Finding remains of hostages ... first part. Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages in the Oct....

November 26, 2024 - A total of 251 people were taken in the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. We’re tracking what happened to each of them. ... Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time.

April 28, 2024 - Earlier this month, an Israeli official told The New York Times his nation had been told “that Hamas did not have 40 living hostages in Gaza who met the criteria for an exchange.”

October 11, 2023 - There are five likely reasons why Hamas took so many hostages as part of its attack on Israel.

October 14, 2025 - The last 20 living hostages held by Hamas have revealed, for the first time, how the terror group made them suffer for the last two years.

October 13, 2025 - Here's what to know about the 20 men who were released from Hamas. Brothers Ariel, 28, and David Cunio, 35, were abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz, per the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

October 19, 2025 - They include Evyatar David, 24, who was videoed by Hamas in August, looking skeletally thin and digging what he said in the video was his own grave; pianist Alon Ohel, 24, and Avinatan Or, 32. A video showing Or's abduction with his girlfriend Noa Argamani pleading for her life and reaching desperately towards him as he was marched alongside her on foot circulated across the globe. Argamani was rescued in June. The couple reunited soon after Or's release. Seven of the hostages were taken from their homes on kibbutzim, small communities near the Gaza border.

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. ...