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Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Nov 5, 2023

A woman holds a poster of Israeli hostage Omer Neutra during a memorial vigil for the Israeli people killed by Hamas during the October 7 attack, in New York City on November 1, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEI — A woman holds a poster of Israeli hostage Omer Neutra during a memorial vigil for the Israeli people killed by Hamas during the October 7 attack, in New York City on November 1, 2023. — ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli mobilise own resources in a bid to get loved ones captured by Hamas militants home

Israelis put up own resources to get loved ones snatched by Hamas home

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Palestinian fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip on July 19, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hamas buys time in hostage talks as it ups psychological war against Israel

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Palestinians inspect the damage amid the rubble of a building where two hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forcess in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel announced on February 12 the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Hamas-run health ministry said "around 100" Palestinians including children were killed in heavy overnight air

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Hostages' rescue buys Netanyahu time as Israel braces for longer war in Gaza

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Israel ramps up attacks on northern Gaza as 60,000 flee Rafah

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs