Gaza aid worker detained after Israeli attack has been released

Captivity survivor: 'I always believed I would return, those still there will yet return'

Released hostage Omer Shem-Tov speaks at President's Residence ceremony honoring outstanding soldiers. 'I always knew there was someone taking care of me.'

Israel frees Gaza medic who went missing after its attack on emergency workers

Asaad Al-Nsasrah and another paramedic survived the attack, which Israel described as a result of "several professional failures".

Palestinian Medic Who Survived Israeli Massacre of Medical Workers Released from Israeli Jail

Israel has released a jailed Gaza paramedic who survived a deadly attack on medical workers last month. Assaad al-Nassasra was among at least 10 Palestinians released from an Israeli prison into Gaza Tuesday — all of them in poor physical and psychological health, after they reported being tortured. Al-Nassasra was imprisoned without charge and held incommunicado for 37 days, after he survived the March 23 assault in which 15 of his fellow aid w…

Israel releases gaza ambulance driver who survived strike on health workers

A Palestinian paramedic who survived a deadly Israeli strike on a medical convoy in southern Gaza last month has been released from Israeli detention, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed on Tuesday. Assaad al-Nassasra, 47, was one of only two survivors from an Israeli attack on March 23 in Rafah, which killed 15 medics, including eight from PRCS. The group described the incident as a “massacre of medical teams.” Al-Nassasra, an a…

Gaza medic held since rescue worker killings released

A Palestinian medic who survived after 15 of his colleagues were killed by the Israeli army has been...