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Fast Forward IDF rescues 2 hostages as it steps up operations in Rafah
Norberto Louis Har, 70, and Fernando Simon Marman, 60, were taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak
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Fast Forward Israeli human rights groups call for an immediate ceasefire, release of hostages
While Israelis overall support the war, a growing group wants to trade the remaining hostages amid a ceasefire, among them families of the hostages who have staged protests throughout Israel
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Fast Forward Hostage deal talks continue as Israel says more captives might be dead than previously known
Israeli officials said intelligence suggests that as many as 51 of the 136 known hostages could be dead
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News In Hostage Square, news that 20% of the remaining captives are dead does not register
‘This place, it’s like Groundhog Day,’ says one person keeping vigil 122 days in
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Fast Forward Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, heads to Israel on his first overseas diplomatic trip
The avowed philosemite will be traveling with his rabbi turned ambassador and will meet with families of Argentinians held hostage in Gaza.
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Fast Forward Hopes rise for deal to free all hostages in exchange for 2-month cease-fire
President Biden is sending his CIA director to the Middle East Sunday to help seal the deal between Israel and Hamas
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News Romi Gonen, Itay Chen, Kfir Bibas. Every Israeli Jew holds a particular hostage in their heart
They yearn for the release of all 132 remaining in captivity, but focus on individual faces and stories
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