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Norberto Louis Har, 70 (left), and Fernando Simon Marman, 60, were rescued in a nighttime operation in Rafah. (Courtesy of the Hostages Families Forum)
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In first since October, IDF rescues 2 hostages from Gaza

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and Eliyahu Freedman February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
Eden Shmuel, 32, recounts surviving the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, at a private home in Piedmont, Feb. 8, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Telling her story in Bay Area helps Oct. 7 Nova massacre survivor ‘live again’

by Sue Fishkoff February 9, 2024February 9, 2024
Online matchmaking has become a national pastime for Israelis who want to envision a life beyond war. (JTA Collage by Grace Yagel)
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‘I want to get married before a rocket lands on my head’: War has amped up Israel’s passion for matchmaking

by Deborah Danan February 8, 2024
Motti Gerlic grew up on Kibbutz Nahal Oz with Tsachi Idan, who is still in captivity. Gerlic said the country betrayed his friend and all others by not ensuring their safety on Oct. 7. (Photo/Forward-Susan Greene)
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In Hostage Square, news that 20% of the remaining captives are dead barely registers

Susan Greene by Susan Greene February 6, 2024February 6, 2024
Woman sits at table
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‘A trauma upon a trauma’: Denial of Oct. 7 sexual violence haunts local survivors

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein January 25, 2024January 29, 2024
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
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How a new group is convincing Democrats to separate Israel criticism from antisemitism

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld January 25, 2024January 25, 2024
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib at his home in Pacifica on Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Bay Area Gazan turns loss into compelling case for a ‘different future’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 24, 2024June 23, 2025
Left: Eyal Mevorach Twito  was killed in fighting in Gaza on Jan. 22. (Photo/Courtesy); The next day, some 100 people attended a memorial service for him at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, which his family attended when they lived in the Bay Area. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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‘I had a child, and he is no more’: Oakland Hebrew Day School alum Eyal Twito, 22, killed in Gaza fighting

by Dan Pine January 23, 2024January 26, 2024
A memorial exhibit in Tel Aviv recreates the scenes at the Nova musical festival, where scores of women were raped and murdered during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (Photo/Miriam Kaim)
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World has turned its back on Israeli women, leaders of rape crisis centers tell Bay Area Jews

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein January 19, 2024January 21, 2024
Israelis marking the first birthday of Kfir Bibas in captivity of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Jan 18, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
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As Kfir Bibas turns 1 in captivity, supporters from Tel Aviv to Davos mark ‘the saddest birthday in the world’

by Deborah Danan January 18, 2024January 18, 2024

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