Israel
After delays, Hamas releases 17 hostages
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 25, 2023
Hamas released another 13 Israeli hostages on Saturday after delays that resulted from Israel and Hamas accusing each other of bad faith and that put a temporary...
Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages as ceasefire holds
Gabe Friedman, JTANov 24, 2023
Hamas released 13 Israeli hostages into Egypt on Friday, a sign that the four-day ceasefire brokered between Israel and the terror group that runs Gaza was holding.
Fallen soldier’s organs save six lives
TPSNov 23, 2023
Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzhak Semo was killed in battle in Gaza, but his organs — lungs, heart, liver, liver lobe, kidneys — have been donated to six patients in...
Israel approves hostage exchange deal with Hamas
JTANov 21, 2023
Following six weeks of fighting, Israel’s government has agreed to a deal with Hamas that will free about 50 of the hundreds of hostages that Hamas took in its Oct. 7...
The face of a hostage
TPSNov 16, 2023
Nine months old. The smiling red-haired baby had recently started to crawl after rocking on all fours. Kfir Bibas lived with his parents and four-year-old brother in a...
Were photographers notified of Oct. 7 attack?
JTANov 16, 2023
International news outlets denied that they had advance knowledge of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, after a report suggested that their photographers may have...
Volunteers flock to Gaza envelope to tend abandoned farms
JTANov 16, 2023
Thousands of Israelis have signed up to work the fields and pens where owners have been called up, joining regional Whatsapp groups that place local farmers and...
At shloshim, Denver Jews gather to mourn
Shana GoldbergNov 09, 2023
A somber mood pervaded a shloshim gathering Sunday, Nov. 5, at Washington Park. There was a sense of discordance — a beautiful,...
Two Denverites: ‘How Oct. 7 changed my life’
Larry HankinNov 02, 2023
What are you doing differently as a result of Israel’s war against Hamas? Two Denverites respond.
Israeli soldiers rescue kidnapped soldier
JTAOct 30, 2023
Israeli forces rescued an Israeli soldier from the Gaza Strip, the first such successful operation since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, and the first since the terror...
