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Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. Then he raped her again, said Raz Cohen, a survivor of Hamas’ murderous rampage in Israel on October 7. Cohen saw another young woman shot in the head as he ran to hide in a bush – the spot where he witnessed the rape, he told CNN. After the rape, Cohen told CNN he saw the group go after another woman and a man. “We’ll never know everything that has happened to them,” Elkayam-Levy told CNN in November.

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☆ Video shows man in military fatigues shooting mentally disabled Palestinian in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Kareem Khadder | Celine Alkhaldi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A video reviewed by CNN Tuesday shows a man in military fatigues shooting and wounding a mentally disabled Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. “Anybody who meets Tarek can tell immediately he has special needs,” Diaa Abu Abed said. The soldiers refused to listen.”The men had their rifles aimed at Tarek Abu Abed, and shouting can be heard. Diaa Abu Abed said that an onlooker called him, and he arrived on the scene soon after. Tarek Abu Abed suffered heavy bleeding and has undergone surgery on his leg, his brother said.

Persons: Tarek Abu Abed, ”, Diaa Abu Abed, “, Tarek, Diaa, Abu Abed Organizations: CNN, CNN Tuesday, West, Israel Defense Forces, Military Police, Palestine Red Crescent Society, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: West Bank, Hebron, Palestinian, Sidet, Palestine, Qalqas, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ United Nations warns of Gaza destruction and ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’ in Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Caitlin Stephen Hu | Richard Roth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Israel has been intensifying its aerial bombardment of southern Gaza in pursuit of Palestinian militant group Hamas and said over the weekend that it will expand ground operations to the whole of the territory. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed to the IDF to spare civilians from more suffering. Scores of wounded people could be seen being taken from rubble and to hospitals in southern Gaza throughout Monday in footage. “They told us to leave Gaza, there’s a war in Gaza, so we left (the north) and came here to the south just like they asked. The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza also accused the Israeli military of targeting Kamal Adwan hospital in a statement late Monday.

Persons: ”, Martin Griffiths, “, General Antonio Guterres, Jonathan Conricus, Khan Younis, we’ve, ” Ibrahim Esbeitan, Salah Al, Mohammed Salem, Philippe Lazzarini, Lazzarini, Nasser Hospital, James Elder, ” Elder, Kamal Adwan, Anas Al, Sharif, CNN’s Tamar Michaelis, Lauren Kent, Lina El Wardani, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder Organizations: CNN, United, “, Hamas, . United Nations, UN, Israel Defense Forces, Reuters, Nasser Hospital, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, US Administration, Health, World Health Organization, WHO, Nasser, UNICEF, of Health, IDF Locations: United Nations, Gaza, Israel, “, Khan, there’s, Rafah, Egypt, Territories, Kamal

☆ ‘It’s chaos:’ Starving Gazans dig for food, supplies under the rubble
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi CNN —One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk across the rubble. Since October 9, Israel has blocked access to water, food and electricity in the Strip that is home to more than 2 million Palestinians. “It’s chaos,” one resident told CNN Monday, standing behind a crowd of people scavenging for supplies under the damage. Displaced Palestinians queue for food donations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on November 30. A day after the IDF said it was expanding its ground operation, it said it struck about 200 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

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☆ Israeli military says 2 civilians killed for every militant is ‘tremendously positive’ ratio given Gaza combat challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Mitchell Mccluskey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A ratio of two Palestinian civilians killed in Gaza for every Hamas militant is “tremendously positive”, a spokesperson for the Israeli military told CNN on Monday, describing the challenges of urban combat. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) believes that about two civilians have been killed in Gaza for every Hamas militant, the AFP news agency reported Monday, citing a briefing for foreign media by senior Israeli military officials. It does not distinguish between civilians and militants. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told journalists during a press conference on Saturday that the military has killed “thousands of terrorists.” The Israeli military has not officially published any estimates of those killed. And it could be that they’re even higher than are being cited.

Persons: CNN’s Erin Burnett, Jonathan Conricus, ” Conricus, Yoav Gallant, ”, Barbara Leaf, We’ll Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, AFP, of Health, Israeli, . State Department, U.S, State, Near Eastern Affairs Locations: Gaza

☆ People are moving to Canada dreaming of a utopia with free healthcare and more tolerance. But the reality is Canada has its own set of problems.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Two Americans who moved to Canada told Business Insider they did so to escape polarized and divisive politics, inadequate healthcare, and to feel safer in their communities. A lot of the characteristics Ouellet was looking for in New Zealand, he said, he found in British Columbia. Advertisement"In British Columbia, the regulations for being able to own a gun are extremely tight," he said. He added that there is still an opioid crisis in British Columbia, but it's not as striking as it is in Portland. Ouellet has no regrets about moving to British Columbia, but Canada's housing crisis sidelined his dreams of homeownership.

Persons: —, Rae Johnson, Johnson, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, wasn't, Joe Biden, Roe, Wade, Michael Niren, couldn't, Niren, United States —, Canada Chris Ouellet, Ouellet, hasn't, it's, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Ministry of Health Locations: Canada, Los Angeles, California, United States, American, Portland , Oregon, Victoria, British Columbia, Wellington , New Zealand, New Zealand, Pacific Northwest, Portland, Chicago

Almost 16,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its campaign in October, following Hamas’ terror attack on Israel on October 7, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. Israel believes it has killed “several thousand” Hamas militants, an Israeli official said. Israeli officials have indicated that that is their intention, one of the officials said. Senior US officials have been careful not to publicly criticize Israel and are increasingly insisting that their strategy of counseling Israel to target Gaza more deliberately and surgically has delivered some results. “I do believe that they have listened,” Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Sunday when asked whether Israel is listening to the US.

Persons: Israel, Lloyd Austin, Austin, ”, Israel can’t, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, “, Kamala Harris, John Kirby Organizations: CNN, US, Israeli Defense Forces, Reagan National Defense Forum, Israel, Gaza Ministry, Health, Biden, National Security Council, Hezbollah, Senior, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, National Security Locations: Gaza, Israel, Lebanese, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza airstrikes, Qatar ceasefire calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Israeli airstrikes hit about 200 Hamas targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said in an update Monday, a day after the IDF announced it was expanding its ground operations to the entire enclave. Other airstrikes hit a vehicle holding weapons and an arms storage facility, the IDF said. The Israeli navy also struck a number of targets overnight, “assisting with the reinforcement of ground troops,” the IDF said. Expanded operation: The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced it is expanding its ground operations to all of Gaza, following the collapse of a truce with Hamas on Friday. "The IDF is resuming and expanding the ground operation against Hamas’ strongholds across the whole Gaza Strip," IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told a news conference.

Persons: Daniel Hagari Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Sunday, Palestinian Ministry of Health, of Health Locations: Gaza, Beit Hanoun, Ramallah

☆ CNN Gaza reporter’s relatives killed and childhood home destroyed in two separate strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Helen Regan | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —For weeks, CNN producer Ibrahim Dahman reported from Gaza as Israeli airstrikes brought devastation and despair to the besieged strip in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks of October 7. His childhood home in Gaza City was obliterated in a separate strike on an adjacent building the same day. At least two other relatives are in critical condition, and still others are still buried under the rubble. Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty ImagesVideo posted on social media shows the aftermath of the blast that killed Dahman’s relatives. Dahman had previously detailed his desperate flight south to Khan Younis with his wife and two young sons, from their home in Gaza City in October.

Persons: Ibrahim Dahman, CNN “, ”, ” Dahman, “, Menahem Kahana, Dahman’s, Sheik Zayed, CNN Dahman, —, Dahman, Khan Younis, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Getty, UN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, of Health, Sunday Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Gaza City, Beit Lahia, Israel, AFP, Sheikh Radwan, Ramallah, Cairo

☆ Sen. Graham says he has ‘lost all confidence’ in Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Avery Lotz | Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “naive” for believing further civilian casualties in Gaza could produce even more insurgents and said he has “lost all confidence” in him. “He’s so naive, I mean I just lost all confidence in this guy,” Graham told CNN’s Dana Bash, adding later, “This is a radicalized population. And if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat,” Austin said. Graham, on “State of the Union,” disagreed: “Strategic defeat would be inflaming the Palestinians? “No Republican is telling Israel to change your military tactics.”

Persons: GOP Sen, Lindsey Graham, Defense Lloyd Austin “, “, ” Graham, CNN’s Dana Bash, Austin, ” Austin, Graham, ”, US Central Command “, Ashraf Al, Stanley McChrystal, Kamala Harris, Jordan, ” “, Harris Organizations: CNN, GOP, Defense, Reagan National Defense, West Bank, Union, South Carolina Republican, Army, US Central Command, Israel, Hamas, of Health, United Arab, Republican Locations: Gaza, Israel, “ State, Austin, saidSaturday, ”, Dubai, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

☆ Floods kill more than 20 people in northern Tanzania
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - At least 20 people have been killed by floods after heavy rain in the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, the ministry of health said on Sunday. Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Somalia in recent weeks. "We are very shocked by this event," President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video message posted online by the Tanzanian ministry of health. The more than 20 people were killed in Katesh village in the Hanang district of Manyara, the president said. The heavy rain on Saturday night caused landslides in some areas of Mount Hanang, domestic media outlets reported, adding that the waters also swept away livestock.

Persons: Samia Suluhu Hassan, Nuzulack Dausen, Duncan Miriri, Alison Williams Organizations: DAR, SALAAM, El, Tanzanian, Thomson Locations: Manyara, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, East Africa, Katesh, Hanang, Mount Hanang

☆ Activist helps Palestinians in Gaza get back online after blackouts amid Israeli airstrikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Alaa Elassar | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

They have to endure bombardment and attacks in absolute silence,” El Helbawi said. Fearful that a blackout could provide cover for “war crimes,” El Helbawi became consumed with finding a solution. But when talks on those plans stalled, El Helbawi decided to try something else. Donors have sent QR codes from as far as the United States, Switzerland, Pakistan and the Netherlands, El Helbawi says. She shared her concerns with El Helbawi, who told her, “You never know what happens,” Elkomi recalled.

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☆ The Israel-Hamas truce is over. Here’s what could happen next
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —The seven-day Israel-Hamas truce ended on Friday after negotiations reached an impasse and Israel accused the Palestinian militant group of violating the agreement by firing at Israel. Analysts say the war is bound to continue until Hamas is crushed, and it may be much fiercer this time. The Israeli military’s announcement about the resumption in fighting came moments after the truce between Israel and Hamas expired. The deal saw the warring parties exchange hostages held in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. During its October 7 attack, Hamas killed more than 1,200 in Israel and kidnapped about 240 others, Israeli authorities said.

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☆ ‘We owe it to them’: Families of Israelis killed in war find new hope through sperm extraction
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I’ve seen dozens of people killed in accidents or shootings, but this was the hardest thing I’ve done in my life,” Daphna-Tekoah told CNN by telephone. “I asked ‘Would you like me to find out about sperm preservation?’”Medical social worker Shir Daphna-Tekoah suggested the idea of sperm extraction to bereaved families on October 7. “The demand has been very high,” she told CNN in a video call, adding that dozens of families have accessed the service since October 7. It isn’t that they want a baby instead of their son - it’s the grandchild,” she told CNN by telephone. PSR can be the easy part, Rosenblum told CNN.

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☆ Israel resumes combat operations against Hamas as 7-day truce expires without renewal
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Helen Regan | Jerome Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Israel’s military said it was resuming combat operations in Gaza on Friday morning after the temporary truce with Hamas that had paved the way for hostage releases broke down. The hard-negotiated temporary truce, which began last Friday, was extended by two days following the release of some captives held by Hamas. The truce brought temporary respite to the besieged enclave of Gaza, which had been relentlessly pounded by Israel’s military since the Hamas attack. As the truce expiration loomed, both Israel and Hamas indicated they were prepared for fighting to resume. Under the terms of the truce deal, Israel has to free three Palestinians for every Israeli hostage released.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Netanyahu, ”, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Al, ” Danny Danon, — Organizations: CNN, of Interior, Hamas, UN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, Israeli, Qatari, Information Service, — Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, “, Israeli

☆ Wartime unity between the US and Israel will soon face its toughest test
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Each day the pause in Israel’s war with Hamas is extended saves lives. Uncertainty, meanwhile, surrounds the future of the remaining hostages, mostly male, that Israel believes remain in Gaza. “Over the past few days I’ve been hearing this question – will Israel go back to fighting after maximizing this phase of returning our hostages? Israel must be more “cautious, more careful, more deliberate and more precise in their targeting,” one senior administration official said. How far will Israel go in testing Biden’s loyalty, forbearance and political viability if the war heats up again?

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In 2019, a non-governmental organization set up the camp's health post where Aliyu's ninth child, Hauwa, was delivered in 2021. "There are no special arrangements for pregnant women in IDP and refugee camps [in Nigeria]. But for most of the 64 women recorded in the camp's birth register this year, these costs are prohibitive. Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health oversees health for the country (including provisions provided by the Commission). He tells CNN: "Women's Health services were prioritized and featured strongly in the programs designed to the needs of internally displaced women."

Persons: Aisha Aliyu, Abba, Aliyu, Aisha, Liyatu Ayuba, Ayuba, Fatima Mahmood Jibirilla, Isa Umar, Umar, they've, doesn't, Dr Charles Nzelu, Dolapo Fasawe, Fasawe, Nzelu, Iko Ibanga, Osagie, Ehanire, Ibanga Organizations: CNN, Walden University, Camp, Camp Management, Aliyu, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health, Commission for Refugees, Migrants, Commission, antenatal, Capital Territory, Territory's, Environmental Services, FCT Health Services, Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry, Pro Health, Federal Capital Territory, Health, Pro Health International, Union, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ministry of Health, National Assembly Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Nigeria's, Wala, Borno State, Maiduguri, Haram, Durumi, Africa, Nigerian, Borno, Adamawa

☆ Palestinian man grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jomana Karadsheh | Florence Davey-Attlee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan lifts a doll that had belonged to his granddaughter and kisses it. Khaled said he woke up screaming for his children and grandchildren, struggling to walk through the dark and the wreckage to find them. In one clip, Nabhan throws his granddaughter into the air and catches her while Reem giggles with delight. In the battered bedroom of their house in Gaza, Nabhan showed CNN where his daughter Maysa — Reem and Tarek’s mother — was sleeping when the house collapsed. Reem Nabhan.

Persons: Khaled Nabhan, Tarek, Nabhan, “, ”, Clutched, Khaled, CNN Nabhan, Reem, “ I’ll, Maysa —, —, Maysa, ” Maysa, Reem Nabhan, António Guterres, Israel, Reem's, ” Nabhan Organizations: CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, UN, ” Locations: Al Nuseirat, Gaza, Israel

☆ This 10-month old is among the children still held captive or missing in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ariel Bibas, 4, was kidnapped from his home in southern Israel by Hamas militants on October 7. The children do not cry, nor make a sound as Hamas militants surround their shaken mother, a blanket wrapped around her body. It’s so scary.”Hamas is believed to have held more than 200 hostages in Gaza prior to the releases negotiated with Israel. On Monday, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the Bibas family is not currently held hostage by Hamas, which further complicates release efforts. An estimated eight children are still being held by Hamas, and their faces have galvanized a mourning nation clamoring for their return.

Persons: Bibas, Israel’s, Kfir’s, ” Eylon, ” Kfir, Ariel, Yarden, Nir Oz, Ariel Bibas, Yosi, Keshet, Yarden’s, ” Keshet, “, Daniel Hagari, Kfir, Shiri, “ Ariel, ”, Yifat Zailer, Zailer, gaunt Organizations: CNN, Israel, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas Locations: Israel, Israeli, Gaza, Tel Aviv, ”

Suryana has spent more than three decades living in the shadow of the power plant in northern Java, just 60 miles from Jakarta, Indonesia’s most populous city. Emissions from burning coal, which is highly polluting but relatively cheap, contribute up to a third of Indonesia’s air pollution according to Siti Nurbaya, Indonesia’s Environmental and Forestry Minster. The Indonesian government has called on residents to use public transportation and has given regulation and financial incentives to residents who want to shift from using gas or diesel-fueled vehicles to electric vehicles. The government is pushing to have more than 530,000 electric vehicles on the road in Indonesia by 2030. Because industry is contributing 30% to 40% of the air pollution in Jakarta, in addition to emissions from transportation,” Syuhada said.

Persons: Suryana, “ We’ve, ”, Ginanjar Syuhada, —, Siti Nurzanah, ” Nurzanah, Syuhada, “, Siti Nurbaya, Budi Karya, ” Syuhada Organizations: —, United Nations, Associated Press, World Health Organization, Air, Vital, Indonesia’s Ministry of Health, WHO, Jakarta Health Agency, Jakarta's Persahabatan, Persahabatan Hospital, Forestry, Transportation Locations: JAKARTA, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Indonesia’s, United, Dubai, Swiss, Indonesian, New York

☆ West Bank’s Jenin: Medical workers ‘trapped’ in hospital, unable to reach wounded, MSF chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Kareem Khadder | David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Over the weekend, five Palestinians were killed in Jenin during another Israeli incursion, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The man had been shot in the leg and while paramedics attempted to transport him to the Jenin Government Hospital, he was arrested by the Israeli military, Al-Saadi said. The PRCS’s emergency medical services team attending to the injured man were also held for about an hour in front of the hospital by the Israeli military, he said. “The Israeli military stopped the ambulance for around one hour in front of the hospital” before taking the injured man away in an Israeli military ambulance, Al-Saadi said. Israel’s war with Hamas has increasingly spilled over into the West Bank with settler attacks and clashes leaving hundreds of Palestinians dead.

Persons: Frontières, “, ” Christos Christou, ”, Christos Christou, Mahmoud Al, Saadi, Ibn Sina, Razi, ” Al, Al Organizations: CNN, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel Defense Forces, Frontieres, Kyodo, Getty Images, Jenin Government Hospital, Hamas Locations: West, Jenin, Israel, Tokyo, Al, Jerusalem

☆ Israeli hostages didn't know if their families were alive or dead and only found out after being released
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israeli hostages didn't know whether their relatives were alive or dead while in Hamas captivity. More than 50 hostages taken into Gaza have since been released. AdvertisementRecently freed Israeli hostages were so cut off from the outside world while in Hamas captivity that they only discovered whether their family members were dead or alive after they were released, according to relatives. AdvertisementThe Munder family "didn't have a clue" about the push for their release, said Raviv, according to the Times. Meanwhile, relatives of the freed hostages revealed details about their loved ones' time in captivity, saying that they lost weight, spent hours waiting for the bathroom, and slept on plastic chairs pushed together.

Persons: didn't, —, Yaffa, Adva Adar, Yaffa Adar, Adar, Freed, Adina Moshe, Moshe's, Eyal Nouri, Moshe, Nouri, Ruth Munder, Roi, Merav Mor Raviv, Munder, — Avraham Munder, Raviv, Israel Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Hamas, AP, The New York Times, Times, Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Hamas, Israel

☆ Rubik's Cube-loving 9-year-old among hostages freed from Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Rami Amichay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas fighters included sisters aged 2 and 4 and their mother, a 5-year-old girl and her mother, as well as elderly women. 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 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. MIXED EMOTIONSFor the families of the hostages, there was happiness mingled with concern for those who remained in Gaza. That's a human thing," said Yoni Katz Asher, whose wife Doron and children Raz and Aviv were freed on Friday.

Persons: Munder, Gilat Livni, Livni, Roni Haviv, Keren, Ruth, Avraham Munder, Yosef Mendelovich, Benjamin Netanyahu, it's, Yoni Katz Asher, Doron, Raz, Shelly Shem Tov, Omer Shem Tov, Omer, Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch, Henriette Chacar, Eli Berlzon, James Mackenzie, Alexandra Hudson, Hugh Lawson, Daniel Wallis, Mark Potter Organizations: Schneider Children's Medical, Pediatrics, Hamas, Red Cross, Qatari, Israel's, Thomson Locations: PETAH TIKVA, Gaza, Israel, Petah Tikva, Aviv

CNN —Tensions are boiling over in Israel as frustrated families of hostages demand answers from the government about the fate of their loved ones and a deal for their release. Wenkert spoke to media on Monday, before he and other relatives met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet in Tel Aviv. So far only a handful of families have met with Netanyahu – infuriating hundreds of other relatives of hostages who say the government isn’t doing enough to free them. But many hostage families accuse Ben-Gvir of endangering their loved ones further, arguing that Hamas could be less willing to release hostages if there is suggestion that Israel might execute Palestinian prisoners. Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed two goals of the war – the release of all hostages, and the destruction of Hamas.

Persons: ”, Shai Wenkert, Omer, Wenkert, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Goren, Tal Chaimi, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Judith Tai Raanan, Natalie Raanan –, Nurit Cooper, Yocheved Lifshitz, Lifshitz, “, Itamar Ben, Ben, Gil Dickmann, Avigdori, Almog Cohen, ” Cohen, Gvir’s, Ismail Haniyeh, ” Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Israel Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, National, Jewish Power Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Qatar, United States, Gulf, –

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Releases Video It Says Shows Hamas Tunnel Under Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

A still image taken from a video released by the Israeli government said to be of a tunnel below Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza. The military released two videos, one of which appeared to have been filmed by a drone and shows parts of a metal spiral staircase. The Israeli military also released videos later Sunday that it said showed two hostages being taken inside the hospital on Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a cross-border attack from Gaza. They provide further evidence, Israeli officials said, that Hamas has used the hospital area for military operations. It was the same shaft that appeared in the videos released on Sunday.

Persons: ”, Israel, “, Aric Toler Organizations: Shifa, Sunday, New York Times, Al, Hamas, Times, Gaza’s Health Ministry, Ministry, Health, The New York Times, Shin, Toyota Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Al

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