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Hamas released 11 Israeli hostages — all women and children taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz — on Monday, the fourth day of the cease-fire, according to the Israeli government. The new releases followed an initial release of 13 Israelis on Friday, 13 more late on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. Some of those released are dual nationals. An official briefed on the negotiations said that avoiding family separation was critical for the Israelis and that their concerns had escalated as the final day of the initial truce began on Monday. Here’s what we know about the Israeli citizens released on Monday.

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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

☆ Washington's secret weapon is a beloved Gen Z energy drink with more caffeine than God
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Lauren Vespoli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Celsius, the suddenly-ubiquitous energy drink, is a favorite of Gen Z — and Capitol Hill. "I love to take meetings in front of the Celsius vending machine," he told Business Insider. "It's a way better alternative to coffee, honestly," Robertson told Business Insider. "Capitol Hill is full of young, energetic career-oriented people who by and large care about fitness," he told Business Insider. Stanford said these young workers are part of a new consumer group that's helping drive the overall growth of the energy drink market.

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☆ Israeli hostages feared they were about to be executed when they were led out of Gaza's tunnels for release
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hostages were scared they'd be killed when they were moved from the tunnels they were being held in. One hostage told her family they only realized they were being freed when they saw Red Cross buses. When the hostages were led out of the tunnel, they feared they were about to be executed, Mayan Moshe said. AdvertisementVideo footage on the Dailymail.com showed Hamas members and Red Cross workers leading Moshe and the other hostages out of buses during the first release of Israeli hostages on Friday. Hamas released 13 Israeli and four Thai hostages on Saturday, the IDF said, in the second exchange of captives.

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☆ Rocky hostage release underscores fragility of deal between Israel and Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hamas on Saturday blamed the delay on issues with the amount of aid being delivered and selection of Palestinian prisoners being released. Thirty-nine Palestinian teenagers and women were also released from Israeli prisons, per the terms of the exchange, on Saturday. All but one of the Israeli hostages released had been at the communal kibbutz of Nir Oz when they were abducted. Under the deal, Israel is freeing three Palestinians from jail for every Israeli hostage allowed out of Gaza. Released Palestinian prisoners arrive to Beitunia, west of Ramallah, on Friday.

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On the first day of the four-day cease-fire, Hamas released 24 of the about 240 hostages taken during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison. During the four days, Hamas is to release at least 50 Israeli hostages, and Israel 150 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has said the truce can be extended an extra day for every additional 10 hostages freed — something United States President Joe Biden said he hoped would come to pass. FIRST HOSTAGES FREEDAfter nightfall Friday, a line of ambulances emerged from Gaza through the Rafah Crossing into Egypt carrying the freed hostages. Netanyahu has also vowed to continue the war to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities, end its 16-year rule in Gaza and return all the hostages.

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☆ 85-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor taken hostage by Hamas reunited with her family
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Yaffa Adar reunited with her family in Tel Aviv after seven weeks in captivity. AdvertisementYaffa Adar, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, was one of the first 13 hostages released from Gaza after 49 days in Hamas's captivity, i24NEWS reports. Yaffa Adar is a mother of three, grandmother of eight, and great-grandmother of seven. The family reunion at Wolfson Hospital in Holon, near Tel Aviv, followed the four-day cease-fire brokered between Israel and Hamas. The hostages released by Hamas have undergone initial medical tests and are reportedly in good condition, per the IDF.

Persons: Yaffa Adar, —, Nahal Oz, Tamir Adar, Adva Adar, Adva, Alon, Orian, Adar, Yael Adar, Yaffa's, Iris Boker, Yaffa Organizations: Service, Wolfson Hospital, National Holocaust Center, Museum, Hamas Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Holon, Israel, Jerusalem, Be'eri, Warsaw, Poland, Nazi, Thailand, Philippines

☆ Sebastian Maniscalco’s Toughest Audience Is His Kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Kathryn Shattuck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If you do it on a consistent basis, you really start to see the muscles that are being used. I also want to open up their palates to different sauces on the pasta other than butter and cheese. 8Surprise Date NightsSometimes you become ships passing in the night, and you need that time together as a couple. 10My Toughest AudienceThere was nothing better for me than making a room full of strangers laugh — until I had kids. They’re my toughest audience, but the most rewarding.

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☆ We ranked the best holiday store windows on Fifth Avenue. See the winners.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fifth Avenue is known for its elaborate store windows during the holiday season. We ranked the best windows based on how creative, festive, and elaborate they were. Retailers began investing in holiday window displays in the late 19th century to attract shoppers during the year's busiest shopping season . Macy's is credited as the first department store to decorate its windows — at its previous 14th Street outpost between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Business Insider took a stroll along Fifth Avenue to see the holiday windows and ranked each store based on how creative, festive, and elaborate they were.

Persons: —, Macy's, Frank Baum, Oz, Taylor, Lucie Levine, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol Organizations: Service, York, New York Times, Retailers, Sixth, New Yorkers Locations: Fifth, New York, Chicago

Twelve of those newly released were among the roughly 75 people who had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Keren Munder, 54; Ohad Munder Zichri, 9; Ruth Munder, 78Image From left, Keren Munder, Ohad Munder Zichri and Ruth Munder. Ruth is a retired hairdresser and seamstress, according to Kibbutz Nir Oz. She was kidnapped from her safe room in Kibbutz Nir Oz after her husband, Sa’id Moshe, was killed during the Hamas assault. Doron Katz Asher, 34; Raz Asher, 4; Aviv Asher, 2Image From left, Doron Katz Asher, Raz Asher, Aviv Asher.

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☆ 'I dreamt we came home' says Israeli girl released from Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"I dreamt we came home," she tells her father, Yoni. Raz was released with her two-year-old sister, Aviv and mother Doron on Friday, in the first stage of the Israel-Hamas hostage deal that is set to see another 14 hostages, women and children, released on Saturday. Around 240 people, civilians and soldiers, as well as some foreign nationals, were abducted to Gaza during Hamas' deadly Oct 7 attack. Yoni Asher had stayed home on that day, in central Israel, when his wife took the two girls to visit their grandmother in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the border with Gaza. Reporting by Rami Amichay in Petah Tikva and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aviv Asher, Raz Asher, Doron, Yoni, Raz, Aviv's, Doron's, Yoni Asher, Nir Oz, Rami Amichay, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Schneider Children's Medical, Hamas, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Israel, PETAH TIKVA, Gaza, Aviv, Petah Tikva, Maayan, Jerusalem

☆ 'I Dreamt We Came Home' Says Israeli Girl Released From Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (Reuters) - Released with her mother and little sister after almost 50 days in captivity in Gaza, four-year-old Raz Asher sits in her father's arms on a hospital bed in Israel. "I dreamt we came home," she tells her father, Yoni. Around 240 people, civilians and soldiers, as well as some foreign nationals, were abducted to Gaza during Hamas' deadly Oct 7 attack. He later saw a video on social media of her and his two little girls being taken to Gaza on a vehicle, gunmen around them. (Reporting by Rami Amichay in Petah Tikva and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

Persons: Raz Asher, Raz, Doron, Yoni Asher, Nir Oz, Yoni, Rami Amichay, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Hamas, Schneider Children's Medical Locations: PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Gaza, Aviv, Petah Tikva, Maayan, Jerusalem

☆ Mixed emotions as first group of Israeli hostages return from Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Ari Rabinovitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"But I stress to you, the families, and to you, citizens of Israel: We are committed to bringing back all our hostages." As well as the Israeli hostages, 10 Thais and one Filipino, who were taken captive at the same time, were also freed under a separate agreement, Qatari mediators said. The military said the released hostages had undergone initial medical checks inside Israel and would be taken to hospitals where they would be reunited with their families. The rest of a group of at least 50 Israeli hostages due to be exchanged under a Qatari-brokered agreement are expected to be freed in the coming days and more hostages could be added if the truce deal is extended. The military campaign has killed around 14,000 Palestinians, according to medical authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza and reduced much of Gaza to rubble.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Corinne Moshe, Adina Moshe, Al Qahera, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel's Kan, Erez, Shelly Shem Tov, Omer Shem Tov, Omer, Ari Rabinovitch, Henriette Chacar, Andrew Heavens, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Qatari, Reuters, Israel's, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt

All but one were abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz, according to spokespeople for the kibbutz and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Eleven foreign nationals were also released alongside the Israeli hostages: 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen, according to a Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Here’s what you need to know about the released hostages:Yafa Adar, 85Adar is a founder of the Nir Oz kibbutz and is the oldest person to be taken hostage on October 7. Now Daniel and Emilia are on their way to Israel,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement. “She has diabetes, and suffers severe vision loss in one of her eyes,” said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.

Persons: Nir, “, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Yafa, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Tamir Adar, Nir Oz, Margalit Moses, ”, Hana Katzir, Rami Katzir, Elad, Nir Oz’s, Adina Moshe, David, Sa’id, Moshe, Ruth Munder, Keren, Ohad, Roee, Avraham, Ruth, Keren Munder, Ohad Munder, Munder “, Daniel Aloni, Emilia Aloni, Emilia, Sharon Aloni, “ Daniel, Daniel, Doron Katz Asher, Raz Asher, Aviv Asher, Doron, Efrat Katz, Ganot Hadar, Dori Roberts, Efrat, Roberts, Channa Peri, Peri Organizations: CNN, Gaza, Qatar Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Raz Locations: Israel, Hatzarim Airbase, Gaza, Hatzerim Airbase, Mozambique, Aviv, Ganot, Kibbutz Nirim, South Africa

☆ In a Poignant Moment, Israelis Welcome Some Hostages Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Isabel Kershner | More About Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Ms. Katz Asher and the girls were kidnapped while visiting Ms. Katz Asher’s mother in Nir Oz, a pastoral kibbutz, or communal village, near the Gaza border. And like all the residents of the ravaged communities along the border, Ms. Katzir will have no home to go back to for the foreseeable future. Twelve of the 13 Israeli hostages freed on Friday had been seized from Nir Oz. The 13th was one of five taken from Nirim, another kibbutz along the Gaza border. “There are kids here without parents, parents without kids, and grandparents with grandchildren but no parents,” said Larry Butler, 73, a Nir Oz resident who survived the attack.

Persons: ”, Yoni Asher, Doron Katz Asher, Raz, Katz Asher, Katz, Nir Oz, ” Mr, Asher, Hanna Katzir, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Katzir, Katzir’s, Katzenellenbogen, Rami Katzir, Elad, Larry Butler, Nir, Elad Katzir, “, Ms, Adam Sella Organizations: Red Cross, Hamas, Mr Locations: Israel, Gaza, Israel’s, Aviv, Egypt, Palestinian, Nirim, Eilat, Abasan, Tel Aviv

Twelve of those newly released were among the roughly 75 people who had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Ruth is a retired hairdresser and seamstress, according to Kibbutz Nir Oz. Danielle Aloni; Amelia Aloni, 5Danielle Aloni and her daughter Amelia were taken hostage while visiting Ms. Aloni’s sister, Sharon Cunio, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz. She was kidnapped from her safe room in Kibbutz Nir Oz after her husband, Sa’id Moshe, was killed during the Hamas assault. Hanna Katzir, 76Ms. Katzir helped oversee child care in Kibbutz Nir Oz for many years, according to a niece, Dalit Katzenellenbogen, who lives in Tel Aviv.

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After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 13 hostages abducted by Hamas and other groups during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were released on Friday as part of a deal that paused the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The 13 — all women and children — were returned to Israel. Five other hostages had been released or rescued earlier in the fighting. Twelve of those newly released were among the roughly 75 people who had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Here’s what we know about the Israelis released on Friday.

Persons: —, Kibbutz Nir Oz Organizations: Nirim Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Nearly Seven Weeks of War in Gaza Between Israel and Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

The following is a timeline of the war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip. Oct. 7: Hamas gunmen launch a surprise attack on southern Israel, crossing over from Gaza and rampaging through towns. Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif announces on Hamas media that the attack has started and urges Palestinians everywhere to fight. The two women were kidnapped from Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel with their husbands, who are still held by Hamas. Israel says the hospital sits atop tunnels housing a headquarters for Hamas fighters using patients as shields, which Hamas denies.

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☆ Gold prices are headed for all-time highs and could eventually hit $2,500, Fundstrat says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Gold prices are headed for all-time highs, according to Fundstrat's Mark Newton. The technical analyst also has an "intermediate target" for gold to reach $2,500. AdvertisementThis Thanksgiving may call for a feast on gold as prices push towards all-time highs, according to Fundstrat's Mark Newton. To be sure, different datasets have different record highs for gold, but they all go back to 2020. Either way, Newton sees gold prices eventually blowing well beyond those figures.

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The Israeli military says Hamas is holding 239 hostages in Gaza, including foreign nationals from dozens of countries, who were taken during the October 7 attack. She would have turned nine on November 17 while in captivity, the single parent, whose wife died of cancer, previously told CNN. While reasonably hopeful that Emily might be among those that will be released, he told CNN on Wednesday that he has heard nothing from the government about her whereabouts or condition. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesAnother family told CNN they face a “terrible week” ahead as they wait to learn whether their loved one will be among the hostages released. Liz Hirsh Naftali, Edan’s great-aunt, told CNN about the “excruciating” wait to hear if her great-niece is coming home.

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The deal also involves the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying aid relief, medical supplies and fuel to all parts of Gaza, the Hamas statement said. Three Americans could be among the 50 women and children freed as part of the deal, senior US officials said. While the deal stipulates the release of at least 50 hostages it “incentivizes the release of everybody,” according to the official. “The hostages deal, as it is structured, includes a pause, a humanitarian pause over a number of days, four to five days at least. Soon after, two Israeli women, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, were also released.

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There’s a lot of anxiety.”The Israeli government and Hamas announced Wednesday morning that they would uphold a brief cease-fire in Gaza to allow for the release of the hostages. “I’m trying to take care not to be happy too quickly,” Ms. Zailer said on Tuesday. His family in Israel still does not know where he and his brother are being held, whether they are with their parents — or even if they are still alive, Ms. Zailer said. “We are being torn apart,” Ms. Zailer said, calling it an impossible situation. At Kibbutz Nir Oz, 76 people were taken hostage on Oct. 7, according to Irit Lahav, a kibbutz spokeswoman.

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☆ Families Fear for the Health of Ailing, Frail Israelis Held Hostage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When armed Hamas terrorists invaded her home on Oct. 7, Karina Engelbert was still recovering from a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery that had gone terribly awry. She was weak and easily fatigued, and a buildup of painful scar tissue on her chest caused tightness, limiting her mobility. He has not received any information about his sister’s condition, and she has not been visited by the International Red Cross, he said. Ms. Engelbert is one of about 240 hostages abducted from Israel, many of whom need urgent medical attention. And then there were those who sustained potentially life-threatening injuries in the raid itself, which killed an estimated 1,200 people, most of them civilians.

Persons: Karina Engelbert, Engelbert, Ronen Engel, Mika, Yuval, Nir, “, ‘, ’, Engelbert’s, Diego Engelbert, ” Mr, Ms Organizations: International, Cross Locations: Gaza, Israel

More than a quarter of the community of 400 people in Nir Oz were either killed or kidnapped, residents say, making it one of the worst affected kibbutzim. RPG on houses, grenades on civilians.”The Barr family were lucky to have a safe room which locked from the inside. Yonathan and Uri Barr's house, safe room where they hid with lock on door. “(Uri) was crying in the safe room because of that.”The family with whom Yoav was staying also survived in their safe room, and the Barrs were reunited later that day, after the Israeli military arrived. “I don’t think we can go back to Nir Oz because what we’ve been through is horror,” Yonathan Barr said.

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☆ A wife waits in Israel for her husband, a hostage in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Joseph Campbell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lavi has to answer her two year-old daughter Roni's increasingly insistent questions about what has happened to her father. "At first she thought that 'Daddy went to a treatment,' because Omri is a shiatsu healer. And after today, she said, and this is what we told her until now, 'Daddy got lost.'" "I need my Omri back, I need my man back. I need all the world to understand that Omri, (was) taken from our home, in his boxers, without shoes even, and we need him back."

Persons: Lavi, Omri Miran, Nahal Oz, Joseph Campbell, Omri, Roni's, Daddy, James Mackenzie, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kibbutz Kramim, Israel, gunpoint, Gaza

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