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Israel rescues soldier from Hamas captivity in Gaza

Families and friends of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza gathered at "Hostages Square" outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv.

Brutalism in Beersheeba

Argentina's Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

Israel's President Isaac Herzog showed his Argentinian counterpart Javier Milei the Nir Oz kibbutz

Agence France-Presse

Anguished Israelis seek missing relatives after Hamas attack

Palestinians curround a reportedly captured and injured Israeli man, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 7, 2023

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UN alarmed as Israel says preparing for Rafah invasion

A child pulls a trolley with a water container past the Al-Faruq mosque, levelled by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Agence France-Presse

American among hostages freed on 6th day of Gaza truce

Newly release Israeli hostages sit among soldiers as they arrive inside a vehicle at Ofakim army base in southern Israel early on Nov. 30, 2023, after being freed from the Gaza Strip following the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Hamas releases 10 Israeli, 2 Thai hostages as Gaza truce holds

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 28: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Best image available) Families of the hostages arrive, ahead of the expected arrival of hostages who were released today by Hamas, at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. Israel and Hamas agreed to a two-day extension to their initial four-day truce, which promised the release of more Israeli hostages held in Gaza, as well as the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Israeli theater world struggles with self-censorship

Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - S1BEUFYNASAA

Arbel and Judith, women hostages in Gaza limbo

Yechi Yehud said he feared his daughter Arbel was being raped in Gaza

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Turkey’s emerging artists dwell in dystopia