The family of slain hostage Oded Lifshitz said they received news confirming the identity of his body after it was returned to Israel from Hamas captivity, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters announced on Thursday…
Category: 1. Israel
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Marian Turski, Holocaust Survivor and Co-Founder of Warsaw’s Landmark Jewish Museum, Dies At 98
In January, Turski gave a speech at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the…
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WATCH: Members of Haredi IDF Battalion Convene for Musical Get-Together Following Long Trek
Soldiers from the IDF’s new “Hashmonaim” Haredi battalion held a traditional musical get-together following a difficult trek they undertook as part of their…
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Rescued hostage Luis Harr says transfer of hostages’ bodies ‘was hard to accept , we
Harr, who was rescued from Rafah in an IDF operation, tells Ynet that, despite the tragedy of the return of dead hostages, ‘the circle is closed – and the families can begin to live and move on with the loss’; He has worked in the struggle to…
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BBC series lead found to be son of Hamas official
One of the children featured in a BBC documentary about the Gaza conflict was revealed to be the son of a Hamas minister. The BBC apologised.
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War results in 50% business decline for Israel’s self-employed – Israel News
After more than a year of war, 91% of salaried workers continue to remain salaried today, but of those, Arab workers were hardest hit, and 37% reported a reduction in their working hours, according to a recently released survey by the
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The Bibas children and the future of Zionism – Israel News
On February 20 the dead bodies of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz, arrived in Israel from Gaza. The National Institute of Forensic Medicine is conducting a final identification procedure on the remains.
The bodies had been…
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Dr. Chen Kugel speaks of identification process for slain hostages – Israel News
The identification process of the slain hostages follows several scientific methods, Dr. Chen Kugel, director of the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, explained on Thursday.
The four coffins of the slain hostages,
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A new Lebanon opens up, 20 years after assassination of Rafic Hariri
The sky opened up for the Hariris. After two weeks of relentless rain, Beirut awoke to a sunny day for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Thousands of people from across…Continue Reading
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Jerusalem residents discuss ‘heartbreaking’ news of hostage deaths – Israel News
The atmosphere was bleak in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market on Thursday morning as the entire country paused in dreaded anticipation of the release of the bodies of hostages Oded Lifshitz, Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas from Hamas captivity.
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