Terrorists dressed as women transferred Edan Alexander across Gaza, released hostage recounts
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Israel at War Day 588: What’s happening in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?
The military said that it had launched several strikes and deployed forces to seize swaths of land in the Gaza Strip to renew its offensive. The Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, struck over 150 terrorist targets in Gaza on Friday.
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American Keith Siegel among hostages set for release in next Israel-Hamas exchange under ceasefire
Keith Siegel, 65, originally from North Carolina, moved to Israel four decades ago. He was among those seized during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack. Siegel’s wife Aviva Siegel was also taken during the attack, but she was released. Hamas claimed just weeks after the attack that Shiri Bibas and her two children were killed in an Israeli bombing in Gaza. The other half of the exchange on Saturday will see Israel release 90 Palestinians from its prisons, Hamas’ Prisoners’ Media Office said Friday.. The exchange began smoothly with the handover of female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20. But the process devolved into chaos when large crowds surrounded Israelis Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses as they were transferred by militants in southern Gaza about an hour later. The scenes angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who delayed the release of the Palestinian prisoners for a few hours until, his office said, mediators of the ceasefire agreement offered guarantees that precautions would be taken to ensure the safety of all hostages.
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‘Thank You President Trump’: Last Living American Hostage Held by Hamas in Gaza Freed, Returns to Israel
Edan Alexander, 21, the last living U.S. citizen held by Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza, returned to Israel on Monday. The hostage, who holds the rank of Staff Sergeant in the IDF’s elite Golani brigade, was kidnapped on October 7, 2023. He was reportedly tortured and kept handcuffed inside a cage, near other hostages. The Red Cross, which has an international legal obligation to visit prisoners of war, never visited him. There are still thought to be at least 20, and perhaps 23, living hostages, among 50 total remaining in Gaza.
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Freed Israeli hostage recounts ordeal in Gaza, where she says she was held in a hospital and civilian homes
Former Israeli hostage Ada Sagi, 75, was kidnapped by the Hamas-allied group Islamic Jihad on Oct. 7 last year. She was held in both civilian homes and a hospital in and around the city of Khan Younis in Gaza before she was released as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners in November 2023. In an interview aired Wednesday, Sagi told CBS News partner network BBC News that she was taken by two kidnappers on a motorcycle from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz into Gaza. She said she was forced to leave her shoes behind, and her foot was badly burned by the exhaust pipe of the bike. “Every time, in every war, antisemitism raise her head. But this time, it’s worse,” Sagi said. “The world hates us, and I think they don’t know the truth,” she said of the world’s reaction to the war between Israel and Hamas. “Israel has to do the deal, bring back all these hostages who is alive and who is dead”
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Freed Israeli Hostages: What They Endured in Captivity and How They Survived
The January 2025 hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas saw the phased release of 33 hostages. Since the collapse of that agreement in March 2025, Israel and the U.S. have continued negotiations with Hamas to release the remaining hostages. On May 12, American-Israeli Edan Alexander was released from Hamas captivity. Currently, 58 hostages remain in Hamas captivity, according to Israeli authorities. From physical abuse and starvation to psychological torment and isolation, these survivors have shared chilling testimonies of their time inside Hamas’s underground tunnels. Here’s what they went through, how they survived, and what their stories reveal about the hostages still held in Gaza.. Emily Damari, a British-Israeli national, was abducted by Hamas terrorists from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the October 7, 2023, attacks. During the assault, she sustained gunshot wounds while attempting to comfort her dying dog, which the terrorists had shot. Upon being freed, Emily expressed immense relief, saying, “I came back to life”
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Terrorists dressed as women transferred Edan Alexander across Gaza, released hostage recounts
Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli released from Hamas captivity on Monday, revealed details of his time as a hostage on Friday. He was moved around Gaza from one hiding place to another, at one point traveling through a busy market in a donkey cart alongside a terrorist disguised as a woman. Alexander lost approximately 20 kilograms in weight as he was forced to drink seawater and given only dirty bread to eat.
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Freed Israeli hostage Yarden Roman-Gat recounts 54 days of terror being held by Hamas in Gaza
Yarden Roman-Gat and her husband Alon were abducted on October 7th at a kibbutz near the Gaza border. About 100 Israeli hostages have been released – mostly women and children – but as many as 130 remain in captivity. On Friday, three hostages were accidentally killed by Israeli forces even though, we now know, they were waving a white flag. This as the army’s pounding of Gaza continues unabated. As much as 90% of the population has been displaced and the death toll keeps rising.. 60 Minutes with 60 Minutes: Gaza, October 7, 2014, 8 p.m. ET/PT, HLN, CNN, PBS, DMAX, BBC2, iReporter: LZ Granderson, L.A. correspondent: L.E. Goldman, Lenny Kravitz, John Sutter, Michael Oren, David Bianculli, Peter Bergen, David Weinberger, Richard Quest, Michael Zuckerman, David Frum.
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Israel-Hamas War Day 55 | Six More Israeli Hostages Freed From Gaza; Report: Truce Extended for Another Day
16 hostages released from Hamas captivity on Wednesday: 12 Israelis and four Thai nationals. At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 159 hostages still held in Gaza.
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- Israel at War Day 588: What’s happening in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?
- American Keith Siegel among hostages set for release in next Israel-Hamas exchange under ceasefire
- ‘Thank You President Trump’: Last Living American Hostage Held by Hamas in Gaza Freed, Returns to Israel
- Freed Israeli hostage recounts ordeal in Gaza, where she says she was held in a hospital and civilian homes
- Freed Israeli Hostages: What They Endured in Captivity and How They Survived
- Terrorists dressed as women transferred Edan Alexander across Gaza, released hostage recounts
- Freed Israeli hostage Yarden Roman-Gat recounts 54 days of terror being held by Hamas in Gaza
- Israel-Hamas War Day 55 | Six More Israeli Hostages Freed From Gaza; Report: Truce Extended for Another Day
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