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Israelis place teddy bears in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square to call for the release of more than 200 hostages being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

‘Return my daughters’: A mother’s appeal for her captive children

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Mayan Zin hasn’t seen her two daughters since they were kidnapped on Oct. 7. Hamas terrorists entered Kibbutz Nahal Oz, killed her ex-husband and 17-year-old stepson Tomer, and took daughters Dafna, 16, and Ella, 8,...
Yocheved Lifshitz (left) and Nurit Cooper, both from Kibbutz Nir Oz near the border with the Gaza Strip, were released from Hamas captivity on Oct. 23, 2023. Source: X/Screenshot

Hamas employs Nazi propaganda tactics, senior Israeli official says

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Don't buy the propaganda of Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization that has adopted Nazi-like tactics, said a senior Israeli political official in response to the release of two hostages by the organization. Hamas released Yocheved Lifshitz, 85,...
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, speaks to reporters in Tel Aviv. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

Hostage freed by Hamas: ‘I’ve been through hell’

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Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, one of the two Israeli women Hamas released from captivity in Gaza on Monday, described her ordeal to the media, saying that she had "been through hell." In her first public remarks on Tuesday...
Posters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, outside the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Oct. 15, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Fate of up to 200 Israelis remains unknown

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Nearly two weeks after the devastating cross-border attack on Oct. 7 by the Hamas terrorist organization on southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces says that the fate of between 100 and 200 Israelis remains...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

Week after Hamas attack, Biden administration ‘strongly’ supports two-state solution

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The first question U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked during an Al-Arabiya interview in Cairo on Oct. 15 set a tone. The last question yielded a telling answer. "Mr.  Secretary. Well, actually, you have, well, a...
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Biden talks to some family members of 14 Americans missing in Israel

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U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone on Friday with family members of 14 missing Americans, according to the White House pool report. Some of the 14 are presumed to be held hostages in...
Rachel Edri and her husband David were held hostage in their home in Ofakim for 20 hours until rescued by Israeli security forces. Credit: screenshot.

Grandmother outsmarts Hamas terrorists in her home

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The Hamas gunman aimed his rifle at the elderly couple in their home in southern Israel early Saturday morning. He held a grenade on Rachel Edri’s head, began screaming "Allah Akbar" and announced that...
Families of civilians abducted by Hamas hold a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, Oct. 8, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel denies negotiating with Hamas for release of hostages

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As Israel entered its third day of war with Hamas, an Israeli official denied Jerusalem was negotiating for the release of hostages held by the terror group via Qatar. An Israeli senior official confirmed to...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers an address on Oct. 19, 2022. Source: Channel 1 (Iran) via MEMRI.

Dubowitz: $6b ransom to Iran will lead to more terrorism, hostages

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Washington reached a deal with Tehran on Thursday to release five Iranian Americans, whom the Islamic Republic detained evidently on trumped-up charges. In exchange for the five being released to house arrest, the United...
Hamas presented the Tabor rifle that it claimed belonged to IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin. Credit: Twitter

Hamas releases pics of fallen IDF soldier’s rifle nine years after his death

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Hamas has released photos purportedly showing the rifle of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the Gaza Strip nine years ago today, i24NEWS reported on Tuesday. The bodies of Goldin and IDF Staff Sgt. Oron...