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The bodies, some of the 28 Hamas is due to hand over, were of Guy Illuz, Bipin Joshi and two others whose names haven’t been cleared for publication.
“They’ve told me their stories of barely being able to breathe in the tunnels,” Christiane Amanpour said in her apology.
The military urged residents of the Strip to follow instructions and avoid approaching troops.
Aharon Mizrahi was injured in his apartment on June 13 when an explosion killed his life partner.
Israelis gathered outside the IDF’s Re’im base as the released hostages arrived to be reunited with their families.
A police officer was among the fatalities in the demonstration that a fundamentalist movement staged in Islamabad.
“Within the intensity of battle and the chaos of war, there is reason to be proud of the good work that was done,” said the head of the IDF’s Hostages and Missing Persons Command.
“We support and stand behind President Trump’s sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza and bring lasting peace to the Middle East.”
Larisa Svechin, a mayor on the board, told JNS that “it’s important that those fighting antisemitism know that they’re not alone.”
The military confirmed that the remains will be identified at a forensics facility.
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, tells JNS what it was like to be in the Knesset as hostages were reunited with their families ahead of the U.S. president’s speech.
A Jewish student told JNS that anyone who voted for the resolution is “blinded by hatred for Israel.”
“The oversight of our food and medicine is too important to allow corruption from adversarial foreign nationals,” the Arkansas senator said.
Forty-nine of the 50 member organizations of the Conference of Presidents released a “unity statement” after Israel liberated the living hostages.
“It’s official. There are no more living Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity,” the IDF stated.
“Every time the United States and Israel act together, as in Iran and Gaza, we win,” Israel Katz said.
“As we welcome this moment of light after so much darkness, we remain deeply concerned about Hamas’s commitment to abide by the full terms of a peace agreement,” the leaders of B’nai B’rith said.
“The mediators must enforce the agreement’s terms and ensure Hamas pays a price for this violation,” the families of the victims said.
“We will never again allow Hamas to threaten the United States and our friends,” stated Sen. Tom Cotton.
The former U.S. secretary of state said that “it’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden administration developed.”