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Rimon Kirsht (left) hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity. (Photo/Courtesy Nil Kirscht)
Posted inNews

Released hostage’s ‘worst fear’ was being forgotten, Bay Area relative says

by Emma Goss December 4, 2023
Shlomo Avineri at the Halifax International Security Forum in 2014. (Photo/JTA via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inObituaries

Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023
Aviv Shakked picks avocados at Kibbutz Be'eri near Gaza, where the Mill Valley teen volunteered last month. (Photo/Courtesy Shakked)
Posted inNews

Marin teen follows his heart, travels solo to Israel to volunteer on evacuated kibbutzim

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows a rocket being fired from inside Gaza towards Israel, as battles resumed between the Israeli forces and Hamas militants, Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel-Hamas war resumes as truce ends after 7 days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 1, 2023
Eyal Waldman speaking to members of the Bay Area chapter of UnXeptable on Nov. 29.
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Eyal Waldman, a tech giant whose daughter was killed by Hamas, is open to peace

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 30, 2023December 4, 2023
Keren Shem, the mother of French-Israeli woman Mia Shem who was freed from Hamas captivity today, holds a photograph of her daughter as she speaks to the press in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen Magen-AFP via Getty Images)
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Last remaining teens and Mia Shem, seen in early hostage video, among 8 freed from Gaza on Thursday

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
Israeli security at the scene of a terror shooting attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, Nov. 30, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chaim Goldberg-Flash90)
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Hamas claims Jerusalem shooting attack that kills 3 as Gaza truce is narrowly extended

by Eliyahu Freedman November 30, 2023
Members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad release Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
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16 more hostages are freed as Netanyahu vows to resume war at truce’s end

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer November 29, 2023
Orange balloons have become a symbol of the Bibas family because of the abducted children’s red hair. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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Most child hostages are back in Israel. Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 10 months and 4 years old, are still in Gaza.

by Eliyahu Freedman November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
Families of the hostages and their supporters call for the release of all the hostages during a demonstration ahead of the war cabinet meeting on the fifth day of the temporary truce in Tel Aviv, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Alexi J. Rosenfeld-Getty Images)
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10 Israelis, including teen with her dog, and 2 Thais freed from Gaza as cease-fire goes into overtime

by Ron Kampeas November 28, 2023

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