The returning hostages operation was built on dignity, calm, and precision, explained IDF mental health officers in charge, with the core principle being the “beginning of healing” for the families.

Remains of three hostages identified, fourth person returned Tuesday not a hostage. The remains were identified at Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.

Yossi Sharabi, 53, was known as a loving and dedicated father and husband. Always a protector, Yossi defended his family till the last moment and cared for teenaged hostages while in captivity.

Freed hostages share chilling details of Gaza captivity, including starvation, isolation, and emotional moments like Elkana Bohbot’s anniversary plea.

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report Anti-Israel extremists rewrite history, incite violence against Jews, and spread antisemitic vitriol

“People are ready for some kind of promise of an agreement to feel hopeful and even jubilant,” Ross Baker, a distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers, told JNS.

A police officer was among the fatalities in the demonstration that a fundamentalist movement staged in Islamabad.

The Democratic nominee for New York City mayor said UNRWA “delivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.”

Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, tells JNS what it was like to be in the Knesset as hostages were reunited with their families ahead of the U.S. president’s speech.