3 hostages released on Saturday as images of their poor health shock Israel
Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levy all looked gaunt upon release.
Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers
‘He looks good!’ Aviva Siegel said after glimpsing her husband, an American-Israeli held by Hamas for 484 days.
Canadians who moved to Israel celebrate the ongoing hostage releases—amid caution that the deal remains fragile
Ashley Waxman Bakshi reacts to the release of her cousin Agam Berger.
Gadi Mozes, Arbel Yehud and Agam Berger return to Israel after 482 days in captivity along with 5 Thai nationals taken hostage on Oct. 7
Israeli officials says they are delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas can assure them future hostages will be freed safely.
The start of the ceasefire deal with Hamas brings out conflicted emotions in Canadians connected to hostages
Romi Gonen’s cousin is grateful; Judih Weinstein Haggai’s daughter still awaiting closure.
Montreal’s weekly walk calling to free hostages coincides with the release of three held for 471 days
Mixed emotions in the frigid air during the 54th march by Bring Them Home Montreal.
Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen released from captivity as Israel-Hamas ceasefire sets in
The women were all alive and exited on their own from a Hamas vehicle.
Iris Weinstein, daughter of only Canadian taken hostage by Hamas, pleads for release of bodies from Gaza
Singapore resident visits Queen’s Park to raise awareness among authorities in Canada.
The family of 86-year-old Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour spoke at a recent Sunday rally in Montreal
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. Batya Mansour can’t remember what she spoke about with her father Shlomo on Oct. 5, 2023, at his home in Kibbutz Kissufim. “We were going to see him again in a few days. It was a regular […]
Rutie Mizrahi, whose aunt and uncle were kidnapped on Oct. 7, reflects on a year of losses
Rutie Mizrahi lost her happiness on Oct. 7, and she isn’t sure when she’ll get it back. Life changed completely for the manager of a Jewish daycare in Vancouver when her uncle and aunt, Oded and Yocheved Lifshitz, were among the more than 240 hostages taken to Gaza during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that […]
