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      <title>Former hostage Avera Mengistu leaves hospital after five months of rehabilitation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mengistus thanked Ichilov Hospital and its Psychiatry Division for the "dedicated, intensive and sensitive care for Avera and the family, thanks to which he can now be released."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel redeems six hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The freed hostages are Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham and Omer Wenkert.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two Israelis arrested after crossing Gaza fence</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[They did not make it into the Strip.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israeli family marks son's decade of Hamas captivity in Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Supporters of Avera Mengistu gathered at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel calls on world leaders to help secure release of Hamas captives</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Israeli government will “continue to act on the international stage to reveal the cruel face of the Hamas terror group until the [hostages] are returned home,” says Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:56:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Netanyahu: Israeli held by Hamas in Gaza is alive</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Palestinian terror group on Monday released an undated video purportedly of captive Avera Mengistu, who has been held since 2014.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hamas releases video purportedly of Israeli captive</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Avera Mengistu, who suffers from mental illness, crossed into Gaza on his own accord in 2014.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:09:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Families of Israelis held by Hamas march towards Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Past governments’ claims that attempts were made to secure the return of Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, as well as the bodies of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, are “the biggest bluff,” says Goldin’s brother.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 08:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel must define new prisoner-swap rules</title>
      <link>https://www.jns.org/opinion/eyal-zisser/israel-must-define-new-prisoner-swap-rules</link>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eyal Zisser]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Hamas knows that Israelis have a soft spot for captives, but this doesn’t mean we have to play on its turf.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hamas detains Israelis and the world is silent</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel S. Mariaschin]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The human-rights abuses committed by the terrorist organization that rules Gaza continue to go largely ignored by the international community and media.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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