Israel, Hamas and and hostages
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The return of Israeli hostages prompted a celebration in Pikesville Sunday morning and the end of a weekly pro-Israel rally.
Israel held a farewell ceremony for Nepali hostage Bipin Joshi, hailed as a hero of Kibbutz Alumim, before returning his body to Nepal for burial. The body of slain Nepalese hostage Bipin Joshi was sent back to his home country for burial after a moving memorial ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday morning.
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Avenged Sevenfold Singer Defends Message to Israeli Hostages: ‘It’s Not Political — It’s Human’
Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows opens up about his message to freed Israeli hostages, the online backlash that followed, and empathy before politics.
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Israel says Gaza's Rafah crossing will remain closed, adding pressure over hostages' remains
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed 'until further notice,' Israel said Saturday, after the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt said it would reopen Monday.
Peter Tsadilas refused to sit silently after the terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and instead, days later, turned his Golden Globe diner into a call to action by studding the front with hundreds of hostage posters alongside Israeli and American flags.
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Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to Red Cross, prime minister’s office says
Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas. That's according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office Friday.
Some former captives have been sent home from the hospital. But a doctor said they all had “endured untold adversity,” as details emerge of their time in Gaza’s tunnels.