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Starmer ‘deeply saddened’ by death of UK-linked hostage after body returned

The body of Oded Lifshitz was confirmed as one of the four returned to Israel by Hamas on Thursday,

Evening Standard

Family of UK-linked hostage confirm ‘bitter news’ of Hamas returning his body

The body of 84-year-old Oded Lifshitz was identified as one of the four returned by Hamas on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Body of UK-linked hostage believed to be among those returned by Hamas

The body of Oded Lifshitz, 84, is thought to be one of the four returned by Hamas on Thursday

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Hamas’s youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, brother and mother confirmed dead

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel were abducted by Hamas on 7 October 2023

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Fears of ‘propaganda exercise’ as hostage body to be released, lawyers say

Islamic Jihad says it will release body of UK-linked hostage Oded Lifshitz on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Daughter of one of the oldest Gaza hostages calls for all kidnapped to be freed

Dr Sharone Lifschitz, 53, of Walthamstow, east London, says the gradual releases by Hamas are like ‘a reality show from hell’.

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Soon we will know if my father is alive. Even then, we cannot rest until all Israeli hostages are returned

Every day families like mine try to be brave, try not to despair – and pray that the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, says film-maker Sharone Lifschitz

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Daughter of Israeli hostage says it would be a ‘miracle’ if he was freed alive

Sharone Lifschitz’s mother Yocheved was among the first hostages to be released by Hamas, but her 84-year-old father Oded remains in captivity.

Evening Standard

Families of hostages wait for news after three freed on first day of ceasefire

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said ‘our thoughts are with’ British-linked hostages Eli Sharabi, Oded Lifshitz and Avinatan Or.

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Hamas Hostage Release Brings Hope Amid Lingering Uncertainty

Ceasefire deal raises hope for release of hostages, including Oded Lifshitz, after 469 days of captivity by Hamas.

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UK Gaza hostage relatives warn time is running out as Hamas floats ceasefire deal

Plea comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns for fifth visit to region since the conflict erupted

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British relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza say they've been 'utterly abandoned' by UK Government

They accuse the government of a lack of communication, and not doing enough to help secure the release of captives

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Let them all come home: Britain's plea on hostages held by Hamas as truce begins

Britain appealed on Friday for the release of every hostage taken by Hamas from southern Israel as a four-day ceasefire took hold, offering some respite from seven weeks of bloody war in Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

Families of hostages in Gaza wait to see if relatives among those freed

Relatives of some of the 240 hostages say it is like ‘Russian roulette’ waiting to hear who will come out

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Released Israeli hostage doing well and trying to help free others, daughter says

Sharone Lifschitz says she is ‘immensely proud’ of her mother, who shook hands with a Hamas captor

Evening Standard

UN chief ‘deeply concerned about violations of international humanitarian law’ in Gaza

Antonio Guterres condemns both the use of civilians as 'human shields' and the bombing of southern Gaza after people were told to evacuate there

The Independent UK

Grandmother, 85, held hostage by Hamas describes ‘hell’ of captivity in Gaza

Yocheved Lifshitz said she was beaten, forced onto a motorbike across border and then walked for kilometres through a ‘spider’s web’ of tunnels – but that she was treated ‘well’ by her captors once inside

The National (Scotland)

Grandmother released by Hamas ‘keen to share information’

A GRANDMOTHER released as a hostage by Hamas militants is “very sharp and is very keen” to share information, her daughter has said.

Evening Standard

'Now let them all go': Daughter's plea to Hamas terrorists as elderly mother released

Yocheved Lifshitz tells reporters Hamas hit her with sticks and kept her in a 'spider web' of tunnels

The Guardian - UK

A dozen Britons killed in Hamas attack with five missing, No 10 says

London-based daughter of one of hostages released tells BBC her mother, 85, is OK but her father is still missing

The Independent UK

Watch live: Family of British-Israeli Hamas hostages address Israeli Embassy in London

Watch live as family members of British-Israeli Hamas hostages address the Israeli Embassy in London on Tuesday, 24 October.

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