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Compromises Is Needed to Secure Lasting Peace for Palestinians
Under a US-brokered ceasefire, Hamas returned 20 surviving hostages and all accessible bodies, while 19 remains are still unaccounted for, Israeli officials said.
- Under a ceasefire spearheaded by US President Donald Trump, Hamas returned the last 20 surviving hostages and said it had handed back all bodies it could access.
- The conflict began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas's attack killed 1,221 people and led to two years of conflict before the ceasefire.
- By Wednesday morning, eight bodies had been brought to Israel for burial, two Israelis returned, and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said, `'As long as Hamas breaches the agreements and continues to hold 19 hostages, there can be no unilateral progress.'
- Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to resume fighting Wednesday if Hamas breaks the agreement, while an Israeli group and Dani Miran urged pausing truce steps until all hostages are accounted for.
- With Gaza facing massive devastation, at least 67,938 deaths challenge reconstruction, while Amos Harel warned, `Hamas is already making its intentions clear to remain by any means necessary.
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How hospitals prepare rooms for hostages
When Yom Kippur War hostages returned home, they were taken to what were called "convalescent homes" in Zikhron Yaakov and Netanya, where security personnel interrogated them for days, relentlessly pursuing the goal of knowing "what they told in captivity and how much they revealed." Psychiatrists treated them as far from kid gloves as possible, and some still suffer today from the trauma of the return almost as much as from the difficult period…
Simchat Torah in Hostages Square lays bare divide over just how much to celebrate yet
(JTA) — Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday evening, hours after all 20 living hostages returned to Israel. Two years before, the same holiday had been marked by silence and fear after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel ended celebrations across the country. Before the plaza even beca…
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu affirmed on Thursday his determination to secure the return of all the hostages to Hamas, following threats from his defence minister to resume the offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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