The Israel Defense Forces announced that the number of Israeli hostages who have died in captivity, believed to be at least 18, includes recent casualties such as Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell.

Yahya Sinwar, a Hamas leader in Gaza, gained notoriety as a mastermind of attacks against Israel and Jews, but when he was released from an Israeli prison in 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, he was not considered a threat to Israelis, given that he was in prison for the murder of Palestinians.

Moran Stella Yanai recounts her harrowing experience of being violently kidnapped by Hamas after attending a festival in Beersheba.

Hamas has reported that they cannot produce 40 hostages meeting the criteria for a ceasefire deal with Israel, raising doubts about the prisoner exchange negotiations.

Yuval Bitton, a young dentist, diagnosed Yahya Sinwar, a Palestinian who would later lead Hamas in Gaza, with a life-threatening brain tumor while in Israeli prison in 2004.

Israel successfully rescued two hostages, Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har, from southern Gaza.

Protesters, including relatives of Israeli hostages, are planning a multi-day march from the Gaza border to Jerusalem in support of measures to weaken Hamas.

The author reflects on the 100-day captivity of Israeli hostages in Gaza and discusses the relationship between supporting the hostages and supporting the ongoing war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia seeks a prisoner exchange agreement to free American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned on espionage charges since March.

This text discusses the recent exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas, highlighting the calls from families of hostages for a "everyone for everyone" approach, where Israel would release over 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of the hostages.

In this article, the author discusses Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's views on the exchange of imprisoned terrorists for hostages, focusing on the concept of pidyon shevuyim (the redemption or ransom of captives) in Jewish tradition.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef explores the question of whether it is permissible to exchange hostages for imprisoned terrorists.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a prominent halakhic thinker, addressed the question of whether Israel should release terrorists in exchange for hostages.

In this Shiur (Jewish lesson), there is a discussion about prisoner exchanges in Jewish law.

Jewish organizations are urging the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, the Jordanian national who was involved in the 2001 terrorist attack at a Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem.

Evan Gershkovich, a Jewish journalist detained in Russia for 112 days on espionage charges while reporting on the Wagner Group, is being supported by his colleagues and loved ones through a 24-hour marathon reading of his works organized by the National Press Club.