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☆ Where Hostage Families and Supporters Gather, for Solace and Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Passers-by stopped to commiserate with him and to try to lift his spirits. They brought him coffee, platters of food and changes of clothing, and welcomed him to their homes to wash up and get some sleep. “They were so kind, and they just couldn’t do enough,” said Mr. Brodutch, 42, an agronomist who grew pineapples on Kibbutz Kfar Azza before the attacks on Oct. 7. “There was a feeling of a common destiny.”The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks. But the sidewalks outside the military headquarters could not contain multitudes, and some people were uncomfortable with the location, which was associated with anti-government protests last year.

Persons: Avihai Brodutch, ”, Brodutch Organizations: Hamas, Kfar Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, ”, Kfar Azza, Israel, mushroomed

“I wish I were there to hold her.”She was the first American hostage to be released under terms of the cease-fire. She ran to a neighbor’s home for shelter, and the Brodutch family — mother Hagar and her three children — took Abigail in as the rampage raged. Before the cease-fire, the first hostages were released on Oct. 17 — Judith and Natalie Raanan, an American woman and her teenage daughter. Political Cartoons View All 1265 ImagesAlong with Abigail, the Brodutch family was in the group, ranging in age from 4 to 84, released Sunday. “Critically needed aid is going in and hostages are coming out,” Biden said.

Persons: God she’s, ” Biden, “, Biden, Hagar, —, Abigail, Judith, Natalie Raanan, “ They’ve, ”, ” Israel, Jake Sullivan, ABC's, ’ ’, Benjamin Netanyahu, ___ Long, Sara Burnett Organizations: Red Cross, Health Ministry, Hamas, Associated Press Locations: Kfar Azza, Gaza, American, Israel, Egypt, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, Qatar, Washington, Chicago

☆ Israeli grandfather's anxiety peaks as Gaza hostage release looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Janis Laizans | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas has said that dozens of the around 240 hostages have been killed during Israel's Gaza counter-offensive. Some of the hostages are held by Palestinian groups other than Hamas, though it governs Gaza. But I think - and it's a very tough decision - but I think the children and women must be (first). The 50 recovered hostages would represent around half of women and children held. As part of the hostage deal, Israel agreed to allow more humanitarian aid, and some fuel, into the besieged Gaza Strip.

Persons: Avihai Brodutch, Gilad Korngold, Konrad, Korngold's, Tal, Adi, Nave, Yahel, Shoshan, Sharon, Noam, Korngold, Dan Williams, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Hamas, Academy of, Palestinian, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Gaza

REUTERS/Joseph Campbell Acquire Licensing RightsSHEFAYIM, Israel, Nov 6 (Reuters) - It's been a month since Avihai Brodutch spoke with his wife, Hagar. Hamas gunmen took her and their three children into Gaza in their deadly assault on Israeli villages on Oct 7. His family was abducted from Kfar Aza, a kibbutz around 3 km (2 miles) from Gaza. All he can do now, Brodutch says, is tell his family's story, wherever he can, to whomever he can. So, now I've got nothing," he said while children ran around the hotel garden of Shefayim, an Israeli kibbutz which is hosting many survivors, including Brodutch.

Persons: Brodutch, Joseph Campbell, It's, Avihai Brodutch, Hagar, Ofri, Yuval, Uriah, Kfar, I've, Brodutch's, somebody's, Rodney, I'm, It’s, Maayan Lubell, Crispian Balmer, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kfar Aza, Shefayim, Israel, Gaza, Israeli, Tel Aviv, I'm

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