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This handout photo provided by Haim Zach/GPO shows Sharon Hertzman, right, hugging a relative as they reunite at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Saturday Nov. 25, 2023. Sharon Hertzman and her daughter Noam, 12 years old, not pictured, were released by Hamas after being held as hostages in Gaza for 50 days. (Haim Zach/GPO/Handout via AP)

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Irregular meals, benches as beds. As freed hostages return to Israel, details of captivity emerge
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Sun,11/26/23-5:07PM , 111 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Plastic chairs as beds. Meals of bread and rice. Hours spent waiting for the bathroom. As former hostages return to Israel after seven weeks of Hamas captivity, information about the conditions of their confinement has emerged.
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In this photo provided by Thailand's Foreign Ministry, Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, right, talks to one of the freed Thai hostages at the Shamir Medical Center in Israel Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals seized in the group's surprise attack on southern Israel last month, releasing them alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal. (Thailand's Foreign Ministry via AP )

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Israel summons Irish ambassador over tweet it alleges doesn't adequately condemn Hamas
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Sun,11/26/23-9:54AM , 93 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it would summon the Irish ambassador over a tweet celebrating the release of a 9-year-old girl from Hamas captivity, alleging the post didn't adequately condemn the militant group.
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People look at a memorial for the more than 220 people captured by Hamas militants, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Israel says its war can both destroy Hamas and rescue hostages. Their families are less certain
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Sat,10/28/23-4:34PM , 191 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has sought to assure the public it can achieve the two goals of its war on Hamas simultaneously — toppling the strip's militant rulers and rescuing some 230 hostages abducted from Israel.
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Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Saturday, Now. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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These numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Fri,10/27/23-5:05PM , 104 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority.
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