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☆ Shani Louk: Hamas victim's father defends award-winning photo of her body as 'symbol' of an era
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AP Photo/Ali MahmudThe decision to award the prize for Mahmud's photo received fierce backlash on social media and from some Jewish commentators. Israeli writer Hen Mazzig also took to X to hit out at the decision, saying that the image "dehumanizes" Louk. Advertisement"This is one of the most important photos in the last 50 years"But Louk's father, Nissim Louk, told Israeli news outlet Ynet that he was glad the photo won the award. This is one of the most important photos in the last 50 years.

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☆ Middle East Crisis Israeli Forces Enter Hospital Complex in Southern Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Vivian Yee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Relatives of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas at a rally near the International Criminal Court at The Hague on Wednesday. The hostage families, numbering about 100 people and accompanied by two former hostages who were released in November, said they had come to try to make sure that justice would be done. “It’s important to use the international tools that are more often used against Israel,” he added, of the effort to seek international justice. The Israeli government does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction and is not a signatory to its founding treaty. Their mother mostly stays home surrounded by friends, they said, and their father prays much of the time while they “do the journeys.”

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These families argue that the price to be paid in any hostage deal — the release of large numbers of Palestinian militants held by Israel — would endanger the country in the future. Protests calling on the government to reach a deal with Hamas have grown in size and intensity as the crisis has dragged on. The Mor family and two other hostages' families founded the Tikva Forum, a loosely organized group whose public members are mostly religious and right-wing. They share the belief that military pressure, not an immediate cease-fire or hostage release deal, is the best way to bring their loved ones home. “We see that when there’s a deal, hostages return, and in between, when there isn’t, only bodies come back,” said Berman.

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The first video, released Sunday, showed clips of the three hostages – Noa Argamani, Itai Svirsky and another man, whose family have requested his name be withheld - speaking to a camera. The third video, released later Monday, appeared to show the dead bodies of two of the hostages, Itai Svirsky and the other man. ‘Please know that I love you very much’Hamas and other groups took around 240 hostages into Gaza on October 7. Argamani was seen in a video, released by Hamas at the time, being dragged away on a motorbike. According to his family, one of the hostages released in November contacted his sister to let her know he was alive after memorizing her phone number.

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Hamas said on Monday that two of the hostages captured on Oct. 7 had been killed in Israeli airstrikes and released images that appeared to show their bodies, but the Israeli military cast doubt on the claim. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesman for the Israeli military, said at a press briefing that at least one of the hostages was not killed by its forces. At the same time, the videos appeared to demonstrate the leverage which Hamas can exert on Israeli society through the hostages. Previous videos released by Hamas about the hostages have omitted or distorted crucial details. She said that Hamas fighters dug her and Mr. Svirsky out but that Mr. Sharabi had been killed.

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☆ Hamas Airs Video Purporting to Show Two Israeli Hostages Killed in Captivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Aragamani said in the video that they were killed by Israeli strikes, while she was injured. Argamani became a prominent face among the more than 200 hostages taken during Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. Sharabi, 53, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Beeri, one of the hardest hit communities in the Hamas assault, along with his brother. A day earlier Hamas aired a video showing the three hostages and promising to disclose their fate. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday that Hamas carries out "psychological abuse" with its handling of the hostages.

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☆ China calls for Gaza peace conference; Hamas to disclose fate of Israeli hostages
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the militant group Hamas aired video of three Israeli hostages and said their fate would be disclosed on Monday. Hamas aired video on Sunday showing three Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza and urged the Israeli government to stop the offensive against the Palestinian Islamist group and bring about their release. Of some 240 people seized by Hamas in a cross-border killing spree that sparked the war, around half were released in a November truce. Israel says 132 remain in Gaza and that 25 of them have died in captivity. The Gaza health ministry has said almost 24,000 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive that followed with more than 60,000 wounded.

Persons: Wang Yi, Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi, Itai Svirsky Organizations: Hamas Locations: Egypt, Israel, China, Gaza, Palestinian, U.S, Yemen

☆ ‘Nothing is moving:’ Families’ anger grows in Israel as hostages mark 100 days in Hamas captivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A hostage release deal agreed between Israel and Hamas in late November ended after six days, with more than 100 freed. Others are angry at what they see as a failure by the Red Cross to help them. Cohen accused the Red Cross of failing in its mission to protect civilians. He was also critical of the Red Cross, which he accused of failing in its mission to protect civilians. “The countries that support the Red Cross should turn off the tap and tell them there’s no more money,” he said Monday.

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☆ IDF combat helicopter targeting Hamas fighters at Nova festival massacre shot some partygoers by mistake, says Haaretz
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The IDF mistakenly hit Nova festival attendees while aiming for Hamas militants, Haaretz reports. 364 people were killed at the psychedelic trance music festival near the Gaza border. AdvertisementA police investigation of the Nova music festival massacre on October 7 indicates that the IDF mistakenly shot some festival attendees while firing at Hamas terrorists. The source told Haaretz that their police investigation intimates that an IDF combat helicopter fired at terrorists after arriving on the scene. Israeli security's assessment is that Hamas did not have advance knowledge of the Nova music festival next to Kibbutz Re'im, and targeted it spontaneously after infiltrating Gaza's border, Haaretz reports.

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☆ Israel-Hamas war fuels debate and nationalist sentiment on Chinese social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The lack of condemnation of Hamas by Chinese officials gives it support,” she said. As an increasing number of China watchers and Israeli scholars pointed out the rise in antisemitic sentiment in China, some Chinese diplomats appeared to have taken note. The Israeli diplomatic outpost has been active on Chinese social media, Lavi, from the Diane & Guilford Glazer Israel-China Policy Center told CNN. China bans foreign social media platforms and censors comments deemed marginally sensitive by the Chinese Communist Party. “Many comments also highlight China’s peace-making efforts and draw parallels between the suffering of the Palestinian people and China’s own historical experiences with colonization.”

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☆ A friend of a 25-year-old woman filmed begging militants not to kill her says no one can escape the videos and firsthand accounts of Hamas' attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli paramedic said it's impossible to escape videos of Hamas' attacks on Israel. "And then someone sent me the video," Gorjaltsan told Insider on Wednesday. In the now-viral video, Argamani is seen begging Hamas militants not to kill her as she's whisked away on a motorbike. After he saw the video, Gorjaltsan said he went to the hospital with a friend and found Argamani's parents. In the recording, Gorjaltsan said Man could be heard "begging" for more ambulances to come to the kibbutz.

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☆ A woman taken hostage at the Israeli music festival didn't tell her family she was going so they wouldn't worry about her, her mom says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Israeli woman didn't tell her family she was going to a music festival, her mother told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe mother of a 25-year-old woman who was taken hostage at an Israeli music festival said her daughter didn't tell her family she was going because she was afraid they would be concerned for her safety. "She didn't tell us anything because she didn't want us to worry about her," Liora Argamani told Insider, adding: "It is very, very hard for me." AdvertisementAdvertisementGoing to that music festival "wasn't even a consideration" for Marciano, she said, adding: "It didn't even cross my mind." At least 260 bodies were found at the site of the Tribe of Nova Music Festival, according to the Israeli rescue service Zaka .

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CNN —Gaza militants who attacked an all-night music festival in southern Israel shot and killed revelers at point-blank range, then looted their belongings, new car dashcam video verified by CNN reveals. Dashcam video reveals militants attacking a music festival in rural southern Israel. It’s unclear if the gunman is firing a warning shot, or if he’s just shot and injured the civilian, who is then seen being led away. A second individual is seen in the video lying on the ground at the back of another car. Another video from the dashcam, timestamped at 12:09 p.m., shows two militants approach the body of the second individual.

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The exact number of Israeli women and children hostages Hamas is offering in the potential exchange of 36 Palestinian women and children prisoners the Islamist group identified is not clear, the source said. Details about negotiations focusing on the release of 36 Palestinians from Israeli jails have not previously been reported. The number of Israeli hostages held in Gaza also remains unclear, but it is widely believed that Hamas seized women, children, elderly people and soldiers on Saturday. In Hamas-controlled Gaza, Israel has carried out its most intensive retaliatory strikes ever, killing some 500 people since Saturday. While Hamas' power base is in Gaza, some leaders are based in Qatar as well as other Middle Eastern countries.

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☆ Disturbing video shows a 25-year-old woman begging Hamas fighters not to kill her as she's taken hostage and driven into Gaza on a motorbike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Israeli woman begged for her life as she was taken hostage by Hamas fighters on Saturday. A clip of the incident, which shows Noa Argamani, 25, is being widely shared on social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementFootage circulating on social media shows the moment an Israeli woman begged for her life as she was separated from her partner and driven away by Hamas fighters into Gaza. Twenty-five-year-old Noa Argamani and her partner Avi Natan were attending an outdoor music festival on Saturday when armed Hamas fighters suddenly arrived and began taking hostages. Argamani and Natan were identified by their family members as the subjects of the disturbing video, according to The Times of Israel.

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Here’s what we know about some of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman, who was kidnapped by Hamas militants with her boyfriend. Another Israeli father told CNN he suspects his wife and young daughters may have been abducted while visiting Nir Oz. “They have been secured in safe places and resistance tunnels.”Video geolocated and authenticated by CNN shows at least one Israeli soldier being taken prisoner. A second video, taken afterward, shows a number of different armed men around the tank.

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☆ Shani Louk, whose naked body was paraded by Hamas fighters, was also possibly robbed. Her credit card was used in Gaza, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Julian Kossoff | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video showed Shani Louk's naked body being paraded through Gaza on the back of a Hamas truck. Her family told Der Spiegel that Louk's bank said her credit card had been used in Gaza. More than 600 Israelis have died and over 100 have been captured by Hamas, Israel says. AdvertisementAdvertisementShani Louk, the young woman whose naked body was seen in the back of a pick-up truck driven by Hamas fighters through Gaza, may have also been robbed, a report suggests. A third video appears to show the capture of another young woman.

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☆ Israel/Gaza crisis: Netanyahu warns of 'long war' as it faces unprecedented hostage crisis following Gaza attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Hadas Gold Shirin Faqiri Helen Regan Jessie Yeung | Hadas Gold | Shirin Faqiri | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Jerusalem and Gaza CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is “embarking on a long and difficult war” as it deals with an unprecedented hostage crisis after Palestinian militants launched a surprise land, sea and air attack from Gaza, killing hundreds and infiltrating into Israeli territory. At least 350 Israelis have been killed, an Israeli official told CNN and more than 1,500 have been injured, Israeli media reported. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Palestinians gather around an Israeli army vehicle that Palestinian militants drove from Israel into Gaza on Saturday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants in Sderot on Saturday. The IDF is now slowly evacuating communities Gaza, and searching the area for any Hamas militants left.

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☆ Video shows the exact moment a group of Hamas paragliders descended on a desert music festival in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Video shows Hamas paragliders descending on an Israeli music festival. It was one of a series of surprise attacks Hamas launched on southern Israel on Saturday. Officials have yet to confirm how many have died, been injured, or taken hostage at the festival. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new video has surfaced showing the exact moment a group of Hamas paragliders descended on a music festival in Israel on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsraeli officials have yet to confirm how many people died, were injured, or were taken hostage during the attack on the festival.

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In addition, thousands of troops have been deployed in southern Israel next to Gaza, which Israeli forces withdrew from in 2005. Trying to rescue all those Hamas said were now held in different locations could jeopardise their lives. Yet, protracted negotiations with Hamas over a prisoner swap would be a huge win for an arch foe of Israel. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a rescue effort erupted into gunfire. Netanyahu could follow a more familiar strategy of assassinating Hamas leaders with air strikes and bombs.

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