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Israel's Hamas attack survivors find solace underwater

Yamit Avital and her husband Benny, survivors of the October 7 Hamas attacks, have found solace in diving

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How US policy on Azerbaijan could sway Armenian vote in Pennsylvania

Armenian protesters hold a flag of Armenia as they gather to rally against land transfer to Azerbaijan, on Yerevan's Republic Square on May 10, 2024. Armenia has agreed to hand over territory it has controlled since the 1990s and started border delimitation efforts in a bid to secure an elusive peace deal with Baku and avoid another bloody conflict. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Israeli army fears for kidnapped family with baby

Militants seized about 250 hostages, around 132 of whom Israel says remain in Gaza

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Israeli hostage families divided on how to secure release

Hundreds gather each day now for rallies pressing Israel's government to make a deal to bring home hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas attacks

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Canadian killed trying to stab guards at Israeli village by Gaza border

Israeli soldiers stand amid protective barriers near the border fence with the Gaza Strip in Netiv HaAsara, Israel, Nov. 17, 2023.

Wartime farm: Israel volunteers step in for dead foreign labourers

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Israeli mother of hostages torn between hope and despair

Maayan Zin shows pictures of her daughters Ela, 8, and Dafna, 15, who are believed to be among the hostages Hamas militants took during the October 7 attack

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Israeli hostage families keep faith as trauma nears 100th day

The families of hostages continue regular protests in Israel

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The Israeli hostages freed by Hamas on Tuesday

Mia Leimberg, 17, holding her dog Bella

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Son of Gaza hostage on emotional visit to father's homeland Poland

His father, of whom he has had no news for months, has dedicated his life to passing on the memory of the Holocaust

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