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Families of the Americans being held hostage by Hamas must wait longer to find out if their relatives will be among those released. President Biden said earlier this week that he expected the cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel to result in American hostages returning home, but they were not among the 24 people Hamas…
A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas — the first extended break in almost seven weeks of war — will begin on Thursday morning, officials on both sides said, but a top Israeli official said the exchange of prisoners for hostages will not begin before Friday. The cease-fire was expected to begin at 10 a.m….
As Israel and Hamas indicated that they were nearing a hostage exchange deal, some families of Israeli hostages abducted to Gaza were grappling on Tuesday with conflicting emotions: a growing optimism that their loved ones would return that was chilled by a gnawing fear that the deal might collapse — or worse, that they might…
Hamas released two American hostages on Friday, citing “humanitarian reasons” in a statement. The releases came almost two weeks after its devastating rampage through southern Israel killed more than 1,400 people and resulted in some 200 more being taken back to the Gaza Strip as hostages. The Israeli prime minister’s office identified the two as…
Yakov Argamani has the pale face and broken soul of a man whose child is in extreme danger. He shuffles around his immaculate house in southern Israel, a book of psalms in his right hand, the front door constantly banging open and shut with visitors, plates of freshly made food, more than he could ever…
A B.C. woman who is currently on a trip in Israel said a typical day and night in Tel Aviv turned into a nightmare. Shauna Osten had been dancing into the early hours of Saturday morning. When she woke up just a few hours later, she noticed she had dozens of missed calls and text…
