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Hamas hostages

Oct. 7 survivors and bereaved to hold separate commemorations at Nova site, Tel Aviv
At the Nova rave site in Re'im on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
By Jessica Steinberg
Kumu, formed by October 7 mourners, and Nova Tribe community each plan ceremonies on anniversary of the 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, timed so that both can be attended
Shalom Yerushalmi
Op-ed
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Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
Shalom Yerushalmi
White House official Brett McGurk and US Vice President Joe Biden (left) in an undated photo. (Brett McGurk/X)
Book excerpt released
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Ex-Biden aide: US pressure on Israel harmed talks with Hamas to release hostages
By Jacob Magid
Voices from the Gaza Border Communities, an exhibit through October 8, 2026 at Jaffa's Amiad Center (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 1, 2026, 5:46 pm
Exhibit highlights art from area invaded on October 7
‘Voices from the Gaza Border Communities,’ showing in Jaffa, presents works by 75 artists from the Western Negev — those who survived the Hamas-led attack, and those who didn’t
By Jessica Steinberg
Bereaved father Yigal Sarusi, father of slain hostage Almog Sarusi, holds his newborn son on September 28, 2026. (Courtesy)
September 30, 2026, 1:39 pm
Parents of slain hostage Almog Sarusi welcome newborn son, conceived in his memory
Boy, named Lavi, born via surrogacy using eggs that lay frozen for a quarter of a century; ‘We will continue on your path,’ writes sister of young man murdered in Hamas captivity
By Jessica Steinberg
L: Former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz at the Knesset, August 12, 2025. R: Itzik Bonzel speaks during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, June 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 8:30 pm
Likud candidate says he wishes he could ‘return’ ex-hostage Yocheved Lifshitz to Hamas
Octogenarian former captive accuses Netanyahu of sending handpicked candidate to incite against her to distract from reports PM received warnings before October 7 attack
By Ariela Karmel
Left to right: Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham attend a red carpet event for the screening of 'NAZA' at the 83rd International Venice Film Festival, in Venice Lido, Italy, on September 10, 2026; Omer Shem Tov speaks onstage during the humanitarian award dinner for Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav presented by the Simon Wiesenthal Center at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on October 30, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Tiziana FABI/AFP, Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Simon Wiesenthal Center/AFP)
September 23, 2026, 12:59 pm
Rebutting ‘NAZA,’ freed hostage says he knows what it’s like ‘to be collateral damage’
Writing in WSJ, Omer Shem Tov says he witnessed IDF attempts to minimize civilian casualties while he was held captive by Hamas, which ‘left hostages like me waiting longer’
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, at the National Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, September 22, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 22, 2026, 4:16 pm
Katz claims Hamas plotting to kidnap soldier; threatens to depopulate, raze Gaza City
1 million Gazans will be relocated south if terror group again abducts an Israeli, defense minister warns; IDF hits Hamas sites after bomb strikes engineering vehicle
By Emanuel Fabian
Jason Eaton appears in court during his trial in Burlington, Vermont, September 21, 2026. (Paul Heintz/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
September 22, 2026, 6:11 am
US jury convicts man who shot 3 Palestinians and later claimed Mossad guidance in insanity bid
Jason Eaton was aware of his actions when he fired at students in Vermont in Nov. 2023, court rules; they were dressed ‘like terrorists,’ he told his lawyers, citing Gaza hostages
By Michael R. Sisak and AMANDA SWINHART
Clockwise from top left: Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel, Shaked Dahan, Nimrod Cohen. (Courtesy, IDF, Channel 12 screenshot)
September 16, 2026, 8:30 pm
IDF says Hamas commander who took tank soldiers captive on Oct. 7 killed in Gaza airstrike
The military says Jihad Samih Mahmoud abducted Israeli-American Omer Neutra, along with Shaked Dahan, Nimrod Cohen and Oz Daniel
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Victims and family members of those killed and abducted during Hamas's October 7 attacks hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
September 15, 2026, 7:53 pm
‘If only you had listened’: Oct. 7 families’ report accuses Netanyahu of enabling attack
Released six weeks before election, 12-page dossier says massacre culminated years-long policy of preserving Hamas rule; relatives of victims demand accountability
By Stav Levaton
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 14, 2026, 10:25 am
Trump praises Witkoff, Kushner; says Gaza fighting scant and Hamas willing to disarm
US president hails envoys’ work amid reports CIA chief to take over effort to end Russia-Ukraine war; downplays report China gave Iran intel before deadly strike on US base in Jordan
By Jacob Magid and AFP
From the official Facebook page of the Hapoel Jerusalem soccer club, which announced May 15, 2025, that it will mark the 100th year of its establishment with a new logo featuring the image of fan Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a Hamas hostage murdered in captivity (Courtesy)
September 12, 2026, 7:54 am
New Jerusalem basketball team pays homage to group of six hostages slain by Hamas
Semi-professional Hapoel HaShisha, ‘The Six,’ honors Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Alex Lubanov, Eden Yerushalmi and Almog Sarusi, who were killed in a Gaza tunnel in August 2024
By Jessica Steinberg
Jon and Rachel Goldberg-Polin speak at a dedication ceremony for a community fridge in memory of their son Hersh in Skokie, Illinois, on September 2, 2026. (Times of Israel staff)
September 2, 2026, 9:13 pm
First-ever kosher community fridge in the US is dedicated to slain Hamas hostage
Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents attend Chicagoland ceremony, reflecting on how project embodies their late son’s values by providing food for those in need in a dignified manner
By ToI Staff
Israeli protesters hold large photographs of the 'beautiful 6' six Israeli hostages who were killed in Hamas captivity, as well as a banner reading, 'We will not forget they could have returned alive,' at a demonstration outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, August 31, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 31, 2026, 1:11 pm
Protesters mark 2 years since recovery of 6 slain Gaza hostages, demand Oct. 7 probe
Activists outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home display banner reading, ‘We will not forget they could have returned alive,’ hold photos of hostages who were killed in captivity
By ToI Staff
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. (Collage/AP)
August 29, 2026, 1:47 am
Secret, direct channel between Israel and Hamas credited for enabling Jan. 2025 hostage deal
Israeli TV reveals further details about Netanyahu’s authorization of direct talks between Shin Bet and the terror group, which began after it executed six hostages in August 2024
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Emily Damari, right, marries Danielle Amit, center; Damari's mother, Mandy Damari, far left, on August 27, 2026 (Courtesy)
August 28, 2026, 2:40 pm
Former hostage Emily Damari marries food influencer Danielle Amit in emotional ceremony
Damari, who had to hide her sexual orientation from Hamas captors, was smiling broadly as she lowered the veil on her now-wife’s head
By Jessica Steinberg
Ex-hostage Evyatar David speaks to CNN, in an interview aired August 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 27, 2026, 2:30 pm
Ex-hostage Evyatar David says he still wakes with nightmares, almost a year after return
Former captive says government not providing enough help, tells CNN his Hamas guards were ‘eating cakes and drinking tea’ as they starved him in Gaza tunnel
By ToI Staff
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