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 MESSAGES IN support of the hostages and calling for the destruction of Hamas are posted on a makeshift tunnel symbolizing the Hamas tunnels in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. ‘This year, my freedom lies deep, so deep within the tunnels,’ says the writer.

Hamas rejects deal proposal, IDF kills Hamas weapons smuggler

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Alexander Trufanov. Trufanov's mother Elena and his fiancee Sapir Cohen, and Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 16, 2025.

Putin meets freed Gaza hostages, tells them to 'thank Hamas' for release

 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Ex-hostage to deliver violin performance at Auschwitz

 Freed hostage Noa Argamani speaks at President Isaac Herzog's residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024

Time names Noa Argamani in its 100 most influential people of 2025 list

 Rom Braslavski, who was taken hostage on October 7 at the Nova Music Festival (illustration).

'All day, I'm scratching and it hurts': PIJ publishes video of hostage Rom Braslavski

 SOLDIERS STAND GUARD on the Gaza border last month. As tragic as the hostage crisis is, it must not be allowed to obscure the stunning, historic victory that Israel has achieved in recent months, the writer asserts.

How can Israel celebrate its victories when hostages remain in captivity?

By DANIEL M. ROSEN
 Illustrative image of Israeli demonstrators advocating for deal to release hostages, including Edan Alexander next to Hamas terrorists.

Hamas claims it lost contact with group holding Edan Alexander hostage

(Illustration) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer against a backdrop of posters of missing hostages.

Hostage deal talks stall as Israel, Hamas clash over guarantees to end war

 IDF soldiers in a swearing in ceremony. February 27, 2025.

IDF reservist dismissed after demanding gov't prioritize hostages speaks with 'Post'

 Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan in video address to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday April 12, 2025.

Netanyahu 'imposed death sentence' on abandoned son, hostage mother says

 Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. February 22, 2025.

Hamas agrees to release nine hostages, pressure exerted to release more

By REUTERS
Protesters call for the release of hostages on Begin Street in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 14, 2025

What happened on day 555? Latest on US-Iran talks, Gaza war, Syria

 Hostage Edan Alexander in a Hamas propaganda video, April 13, 2025.

'Trump why have you fallen for Netanyahu's lies?': Edan Alexander calls on US, Israel to help him

 Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

Let them go: Its time to bring the hostages home, for burial and for rehabilitation

 Former hostage Liri Albag meets with President Isaac Herzog.

'No place for such venom' Herzog tells released hostage Liri Albag after online threats

 The Asufa haggadah for 2025 includes multiple images showing yellow chairs at seder tables, symbolizing the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza.

For a second straight Passover, Jews mark Festival of Freedom while hostages remain in Gaza

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Berger remained on 'path of faith' in captivity, she describes in WSJ op-ed

Ultra orthodox Jewish community under investigation for child abuse in Guatemala

‘Hostages’ in Guatemala: The Fight for 140 Children

By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line