The relatives of the Bibas toddlers Kfir and Ariel contacted the Redhead Days Festival organizers via social media, asking them to keep the captives in the participants' thoughts, who are currently held in Gaza.
Amid flurry of speculation on recent developments, the military asked the public not to spread rumors on fate of hostages.
Shlomi Ziv and Almog Meir Jan break their silence in first interview since rescue, unveiling the ordeal they endured at the hands of their Hamas captors.
Haim Peri, Yagev Buchshtab, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Alexander Dancyg were all killed in captivity. This grim finding lends credence to the theory that some hostages were killed by their captors shortly before an aerial assault that preceded the operation on Monday.
The protest took a dramatic turn when some of the families broke through a buffer zone in the border fence. Footage captured the moment as family members sprinted forward, chanting "Everyone - Now!" and "We won't leave them in Gaza."
Judy Woodruff retracts on-air comments about former president's alleged involvement in peace talks.
Iran's Tasnim agency reported that the Qatari leader will visit the Islamic Republic just days after Israeli and Hamas representatives failed to reach an agreement on halting the Israeli campaign in the Gaza Strip in exchange for releasing hostages held by the terrorist group since Oct. 7 and just weeks after Tehran blamed Israel for assassinating Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the capital.
It is still unclear how the hostages died in captivity, as their bodies were found near areas where Hamas terrorists were targeted by airstrikes. IDF sources describe the operation as brief but highly effective. The speed of execution was crucial, they emphasize, as Hamas is known to conceal and potentially relocate bodies to prevent their recovery.
Khalil al-Maqdah was a top-ranking member of Fatah and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, operating on behalf of the IRGC's Quds Force.
Haim Peri, Yagev Buchshtab, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Alexander Dancyg were all killed in captivity. The IDF announced the deaths of five of them several weeks ago, with Munder was presumed alive until Tuesday.