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Freed hostage Arbel Yehoud, her family, and German Ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert.

Freed hostage Arbel Yehoud receives German citizenship

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israelis take cover on Ayalon highway as siren alerts are sounded in Tel Aviv, March 20, 2025

Gaza rockets trigger sirens in Tel Aviv, IDF intercepts missile

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) speaks at a meeting hosted by AIPAC's Board of Directors, March 18, 2025.

Gaza airstrikes are not one-off, US approved in advance, Gideon Sa'ar tells AIPAC

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Then-PIJ Spokesman, Abu Hamza, giving a press conference on International al-Quds Day, April 2024.

PIJ spokesman Abu Hamza killed in IAF strike in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard before the release of hostages 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 Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025.

Hamas gathered forces during ceasefire for attempted invasions into Israel

By Mathilda Heller

Aftermath of an Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria, March 13, 2025.

Katz confirms IDF attacks in Damascus to stop future Islamic Jihad terror ops

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

Hamas, Islamic Jihad's Syrian front? Palestinian source denies Israeli claim

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Sa'ar: Hamas, PIJ creating a new front against Israel in Syria

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sharone Lifshitz with her father, Oded.

Super grandpa, lifelong peace advocate: Family mourns slain hostage Oded Lifshitz

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala in Tehran, August 2022

Iran hosts PIJ leader and Iraqi militia chief in show of regional alliance

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Agam Berger, Arbel Yehoud, and Gadi Moses.

Hostages released from captivity in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners after delay

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

HAMAS AND Egyptian mediators escort Gilad Schalit on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, in 2011, as he was returned to Israel. Yahya Sinwar was among 1,027 terrorists released for Schalit.

Hostage exchanges: A moral dilemma rooted in Jewish tradition

By MICAH HALPERN

Arbel Yehoud

Islamic Jihad publishes video of hostage Arbel Yehoud, days before scheduled release

By Mathilda Heller

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as reporters ask questions aboard Air Force One during a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Miami, Florida, U.S., January 25, 2025.

Trump: Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

A freed Palestinian prisoner is carried by people after he was released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 25, 2025.

Palestinians welcome freed prisoners as heroes, hail Hamas

By REUTERS

Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov

Russia believes hostage Alexander Trufanov to be unwell

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in east Jerusalem on May 5, 2024

CPJ list Israel as 'second worst jailers of journalists' in 2024

Al-Quds Brigades spokesperson Abu Hamza

Israeli hostages returning dead or alive depends on IDF, PIJ warns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF