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Israeli family marks hostage's ninth birthday with call for solidarity
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ohad, who lives in Kfar Saba, was kidnapped along with his mother, Keren, on October 7 while visiting his grandparents in Kibbutz Nir Oz. The grandparents were also abducted while an uncle was killed in the attack.
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Biden speaks to freed American-Israeli hostages
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On Friday afternoon, Biden released a statement taking credit for the pair's release and thanking "the government of Qatar and the government of Israel for their partnership in this work.
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Number of confirmed Israeli hostages rises to 203
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said the families have been notified and stressed that the number will likely rise as the military gets new information.
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Families of Israeli hostages fear for loved ones' lack of medication
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
It's been 12 days since the Hamas terror organization attacked Gaza-area communities, taking at least 203 hostages, ranging in age from nine months to 90 years-old.
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Families of hostages slam Israel's decision to allow aid to Gaza via Egypt
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that Egypt's President Al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah border crossing to allow roughly 20 trucks to provide humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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Hamas releases first video of Israeli hostage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The video shows Miya Shem, a 21-year-old woman from Shoham abducted during the terror group's attack on the Supernova Sukkot Music Festival on Kibbutz Re'im on Oct. 7. At least 260 people were killed at the rave.
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Netanyahu meets families of missing, captive Israelis after Hamas' assault
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The office of the Prime Minister of Israel posted pictures of Netanyahu meeting the relatives of Israeli hostages on the social media platform X, in which he can be seen consoling them.
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Barrage of rockets launched at Central, Southern Israel; Iron Dome interce
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A heavy barrage of rockets was fired at central and southern Israel late on Sunday night from the Gaza Strip. Sirens were heard in neighbourhoods along the Gaza border, as well as in Ashkelon, Ashdod, Rehovot, and Ramle.
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"My daughter called, crying hysterically...she was too scared to speak": K
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the fierce Israeli counter-offensive against Hamas after the October 7 terror attacks, desolation and sadness pervade every home in Israel, with many frantically searching for their family members over the last one week and urging the government as well as the Hamas to ensure the safe r
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We want them alive: Family members of hostages held by Hamas urge for help
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza urged on Saturday that the International Committee of the Red Cross help arrange for the distribution of the medication to their loved ones, as they sought help.
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Images of Israeli hostages projected at UN headquarters in New York, deman
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Command Center in the US for the families of the hostages called for the release of all hostages, whose captivity they noted is against international law.
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Israeli President urges international community "not to sit idly", help in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called out the international community on Thursday to help secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive by the Hamas terror group following the deadly attack on October 7.
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