Category: 1. Israel

Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed were in stable condition upon release from Gaza captivity on Saturday, alleviating fears over the health of the two held captive since 2014 and 2015, respectively.

“My aim is to show the visible as possibility in a state of perpetual becoming.” – Yaacov Agam

“Tonight, after more than 500 days since the October 7 massacre, we identified Shiri Bibas, two days after identifying her children, Ariel and Kfir,” Kugel said. “This is a difficult day for the family, for us as medical teams and for all…

Released hostage, Omer Shem Tov was forced to disguise himself as a Muslim woman and lowered into an underground tunnel in a bucket. He was spat on, cursed, and compelled to kiss his Hamas captors in a staged ceremony. Other hostages were…

Former hostage Hisham al-Sayed, who was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia, a “personality disorder,” and other conditions, is struggling to communicate after his Saturday release. 

Israeli opposition leaders vowed on Saturday evening to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu political and public backing for a move to return all the remaining Gaza hostages in one release.

The forensics team that identified Shiri Bibas’s body confirmed that she did not die in an Israeli airstrike as Hamas had previously claimed.