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... Israel, reunions 246 days later, Noa Argamani back in the arms of her father, a kiss for Almog Meir Jan. Orit Meir, Mother of Freed Hostage: Thank you for bringing my son to me, to us. Nick Schifrin: Today, the Pentagon denied what it called widespread disinformation and said Israel ...
... rare win for Netanyahu, who many Israelis blame for the security failures leading up to the Oct. 7 attack and the failure to return the hostages despite months of grinding war. He has reveled in the operation's success, rushing Saturday to the hospital where the freed hostages were held ...
In our news wrap Sunday, Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Israeli assault that freed four hostages killed 274 Palestinians at the Nuseirat refugee camp, centrist Benny Gantz resigned from Israel’s war cabinet over Netanyahu’s handling of the war, exit polls in the EU’s parliamentary elections indicate ...
... discharged. They have lost friends and family, and staff "have been assisting them in rebuilding the infrastructure of their life,” he told reporters. About 120 hostages remain, with 43 pronounced dead, after about half were released in a weeklong cease-fire in November. Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of ...
In our news wrap Saturday, Israel’s military rescued four hostages out of central Gaza amid an intense assault that reportedly killed more than 200 Palestinians, Russia and Ukraine exchanged more drone attacks overnight, a 100-year-old WWII veteran married his 96-year-old sweetheart in Normandy, and former ...
... on apparently stalled cease-fire efforts. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to the Middle East next week, seeking a breakthrough. “The hostage release and cease-fire deal that is now on the table would secure the release of all the remaining hostages together with security assurances ...
... was exactly the opposite. Our refusal to negotiate led to more Americans being taken. Nick Schifrin: What do you say to the critique that negotiating hostage swaps leads to more hostages being taken? Mickey Bergman: Yes. I believe it's intellectually lazy and morally bankrupt, intellectually lazy because there's ...
In our news wrap Monday, Israel confirmed the death of four more hostages that were taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to The Philippines to drum up support for an upcoming peace conference and a Georgia appeals court set an October date for a hearing on efforts to...
... said in the video that all three men had chronic illnesses and accused Israel of abandoning them.The deaths added to the growing list of hostages who Israel says have died in captivity. On Oct. 7, Hamas took some 250 hostages back to Gaza. Roughly half were released during a ...
The annual parade in the past was dubbed “Celebrate Israel,” but organizers said the exuberant atmosphere would be toned down this year given the Israel-Hamas war and hostages still being held in captivity in Gaza.
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