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☆ Little food, a beating and lice: What freed Israeli hostages are saying about being held by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Rachel Clarke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The details below have been compiled from comments by freed hostages to their families, their carers and sometimes to reporters. Under the terms of the deal between Israel and Hamas, most of those released are women, children and foreign workers. Ruth Munder, a released Israeli hostage, walks with an Israeli soldier shortly after her arrival in Israel on November 24. Emily Hand told her father that they always had breakfast and sometimes lunch or an evening meal. Emily Hand said she was not hit and her father said he believed harsh voices were enough to make her do what was wanted.

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☆ Israeli hostage, 84, released by Hamas in 'fight for her life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Emily Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Elma Avraham, 84, who was released after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas, appears in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters on November 26, 2023. When Hamas released her on Sunday, she was in a "fight for her life", according to hospital staff. The great-grandmother was freed with 16 other hostages, including a four-year-old American girl named Abigail Edan, on the third day of a truce between Israel and Hamas. "She was kept in harsh conditions," Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said. They said a medical doctor had accompanied Avraham as she and hostages were taken out of Gaza.

Persons: Elma Avraham, Abigail Edan, Avraham's, Tali Amano, Daniel Hagari, Amano, Hagai Levine, we're, Avraham, Emily Rose, Christina Fincher, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, ICRC, Thomson Locations: Kibbutz, Israel, Beersheba, Gaza

Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara wrote online that he was “overjoyed.”He had traveled more than three weeks ago to Egypt and Qatar to seek their help in obtaining the hostages’ freedom. “It is our deep hope that all remaining hostages will be taken care of, and will be safely released at the earliest opportunity,” the Thai Foreign Ministry said. The spokesman for the Qatari foreign ministry, Majed al-Ansari, posted on X that the number was 10. Prof. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team at the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, said that getting medical information about the Thai hostages' pre-existing conditions has been trickier than with released Israelis. According to Thailand's foreign ministry, 39 were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, and 26 abducted.

Persons: Parnpree Bahiddha, Nukara, ”, Thais, Srettha Thavisin, Majed al, Ansari, farmhands, Hagai Levine, Ratana, “, Parnpree Organizations: Thai, International Committee, Thai Foreign Ministry, Qatari, Shamir, Center, Facebook, Hamas, Government, Trade, Labor Ministry Locations: Egypt, Qatar, Thailand, Israel, Iran, Malaysia, Thai, Udon Thani, Tehran, Persia

☆ Israeli children held hostage in Gaza face a long road to recovery after release
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Nathan Frandino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas and allied groups captured around 240 hostages when Islamist gunmen rampaged through southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7 in an attack that Israeli authorities say killed more than 1,200 Israelis and foreigners. According to the Israeli government, up to 40 of the hostages are children, including a 10-month-old baby and preschoolers, some of whom saw their relatives murdered before their eyes just before being kidnapped. Four hostages have been returned so far while a fifth was rescued by Israeli troops. Their accounts suggest that the captives were separated into small groups and held at least part of the time in a web of tunnels built by Hamas under Gaza. "We do have skills and knowledge and it's going to be very painful to hear the stories and meet the children," Dollberg said.

Persons: Daphna Dollberg, Dollberg, Hagai Levine, Emily Rose, Howard Goller Organizations: des Nations, United Nations, Academic College of Tel, Yaffo, Forum, Thomson Locations: Geneva, Israel, Gaza, Switzerland, JERUSALEM, Hamas, Academic College of Tel Aviv

☆ Far-right supporters of an Israeli soccer team known as La Familia stormed a hospital searching for wounded Hamas fighters, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of far-right soccer fans stormed a hospital in Israel hunting wounded Hamas fighters. La Familia are a notoriously racist set of supporters of the Israeli soccer team Beitar Jerusalem. Israeli officials said that Hamas fighters were barred from being treated in public hospitals. AdvertisementAdvertisementA group of far-right soccer fans stormed into a hospital in Israel after a report said that wounded Hamas fighters were being treated there, reports say. Israeli outlet Ynet had reported earlier that three wounded Hamas fighters were being treated in Israeli hospitals but were moved after fears of unrest.

Persons: —, Sheba, Shimoni, Hagai Levine, Moshe Arbel Organizations: Beitar Jerusalem, Hamas, Service, La, PBS, Familia, Beitar, Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, Ynet, PBS . Police, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Israel, La Familia, Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem's, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, North Africa, Gaza

☆ Sperm counts may be declining globally, review finds, adding to debate over male fertility
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated review of medical literature. The review, and its conclusions, have sparked a debate among experts in male fertility. Overall, the researchers determined that sperm counts fell by sightly more than 1% per year between 1973 and 2018. Normal sperm counts are considered to be over 40 million per milliliter. In other research, Levine says, he and others have teased out some factors that are associated with lower sperm counts.

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