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Hostages Held in Gaza: 59; IDF Soldiers Lost: 846 Jay Zeidman Mar 05, 2025 Today’s update is rather lengthy because it covers two critical and timely issues: the IDF’s report on its findings, mistakes, and failures on October 7th, and the continued surge of antisemitism on college campuses across the country. While there is a lot […]

Hostages Held in Gaza: 59; IDF Soldiers Lost: 846 Jay Zeidman Mar 02, 2025 Hostage Update On Thursday night, the bodies of Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mantzur, and Tsahi Idan were returned to Israel without a public ceremony. Yahalomi, Idan, and Elgarat were murdered while in captivity in Gaza, the PMO said, while Mantzur was killed on October 7,

Hostages Held in Gaza: 63; IDF Soldiers Lost: 846 Jay Zeidman Feb 26, 2025 Hostage Update According to the Times of Israel: Israel is expecting the four remaining slain hostages from the first phase of the hostage deal to be released by Hamas on Thursday. Hamas has agreed not to hold such ceremonies during the release of

Hostages Held in Gaza: 63; IDF Soldiers Lost: 846 Jay Zeidman Feb 22, 2025 Shiri Bibas Update Kibbutz Nir Oz said early Saturday morning that resident Shiri Bibas was murdered while held captive in Gaza, after Hamas handed over her body overnight and it was brought to Israel for identification. According to assessments by Dr. Chen Kugel,

Hostages Held in Gaza: 70; IDF Soldiers Lost: 846 Jay Zeidman Feb 20, 2025 [WARNING] Tonight’s special update contains emotional, graphic, and very difficult videos and images. I felt it was important to share what we know about the fate of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshiz, specifically that one of the four bodies received today was

Hostages Held in Gaza: 50 (-3); IDF Soldiers Lost: 871 Jay Zeidman Jun 23, 2025 Before I get to last night’s operation, I felt it was important to recognize that the bodies of three murdered hostages were recovered in an operation in the Gaza Strip. There are now 50 hostages remaining in Gaza, 20 are assumed

Hostages Held in Gaza: 50; IDF Soldiers Lost: 880 (+1) Jay Zeidman Jun 29, 2025 The Gaza Strip The IDF now maintains operational control over approximately 57% of the entire Gaza Strip according to Ben Tzion Macales (up from 52% just one week ago) Amit Segal writes: For Both Hamas and Israel, Time Is Running Out Deep concern, bordering on panic,