Maher Obeid says 'there are no real contacts, and there is no mediator assigned by the Israeli occupation to discuss the issue in a real and effective manner'

German report says Swiss diplomat and 2 officials from Berlin have teamed up with Egyptian general to spearhead negotiations for return of Israeli captives in Gaza

Zehava Shaul says she will never give up efforts to bring home Oron's body for burial, tells Netanyahu 'you can't run from this... Wherever you go I will follow'

Spokesman claims Netanyahu government hasn't inquired into well-being of Ethiopian-Israeli captive Mengistu, in apparent effort to poke at recent racial tensions in Jewish state

Leah Goldin says she was called to Netanyahu's office for urgent meeting, only to be told premier wanted to send parents of Hamas captives to UN event which they'd attended before