Middle East Experience

Hamas paraded five Israeli hostages, some looking dazed and others elated, before cheering crowds at two meticulously recorded ceremonies in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.In the first well-rehearsed morning ceremony in Rafah, Hamas fighters stood in an orderly fashion as they handed over hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu, who walked with apparent difficulty, to the Red Cross.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza militants release Israeli hostages, some dazed others elated

The family said that they're unsure if Guy knows that his brother, Gal Gilboa-Dalal, is alive since the two were separated during the Supernova music festival.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Father of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal receives sign of life from ex-hostage who returned Saturday

Family and friends of released Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov clapped, burst into tears and popped bottles of champagne as they watched him walk free on Saturday after being handed over by Hamas in Gaza.Shem Tov was among six Israeli captives freed by Palestinian militants as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner swap to take place under the first phase of a fragile truce which took effect last month.Militants released four hostages seized in Hamas's unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two men who had been held captive for a decade.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Tears of joy as Hamas frees more Israeli hostages

Researchers explain how prolonged stress and malnutrition affect hair’s life cycle and accelerate scalp aging.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: What does the state of the hostages' hair reveal about their conditions in captivity?

The bills were backed by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, an international network of 850 groups dedicated to combating antisemitism.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Oklahoma advances bills to solidify IHRA antisemitism definition into law

Eitan Horn's family, friends and the youth he supported all spoke to the Jerusalem Post about their fun madrich (leader) before his abduction on October 7 2023.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Eitan Horn's youth movement calls for the return of their favorite leader from Hamas captivity

Their decade-long captivity speaks volumes about the worst of human nature, of the depth of cruelty of which humans are capable.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: The long, sad, saga of Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed

Hezbollah's leader vowed "resistance" was not over as tens of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at his Beirut funeral, demonstrating continued support for the group after a devastating war with Israel.During the funeral, women wailed as a truck carrying the coffins of Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine -- Nasrallah's chosen successor killed in another Israeli air strike -- slowly moved through the crowd, topped with two black turbans and draped in Hezbollah's yellow flag.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hezbollah chief vows 'resistance' at Nasrallah funeral

Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.The first phase of the truce ends early in March and details of a planned subsequent phase have not been agreed.With tensions again hanging over the deal, which halted more than 15 months of war, Israel on Sunday announced an expansion of military operations in the occupied West Bank.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel's prisoner delay

Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.The military one month ago began a major raid against Palestinian militants in the West Bank just after a truce began in the Gaza Strip, another Palestinian territory.The Israeli operation in the West Bank spans multiple refugee camps near the cities of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel says army to stay in evacuated West Bank camps for 'coming year'