Avinatan Or reveals attempted escape from captors, 2-year solitary confinement
"He was locked in a cage the width of a mattress and 5.9 feet (1.80 meters) tall. For over a year, he was chained to the bars."
"He was locked in a cage the width of a mattress and 5.9 feet (1.80 meters) tall. For over a year, he was chained to the bars."
On Thursday, David Cunio, Eitan Horn, and Nimrod Cohen were roused by the Hamas, telling them an agreement had been signed and they were going home after 768 of being cut off from the world. Hostages walked regularly in tunnel to maintain fitness.
France pushes Palestinian state initiative while Germany exercises caution, as EU provides hundreds of millions to PA but was absent from final agreement negotiations.
Republican youth organization leaders across four states exchanged thousands of messages containing Hitler praise, gas chamber jokes, and racial slurs over seven months while campaigning for control of their national federation.
Tamir Nimrodi was abducted on Oct. 7 and there was grave concern over his condition as there was no sign of life. Uriel Baruch was murdered and kidnapped after attending the Nova festival. Eitan Levi was a cab driver who drove to Be'eri.
As most of the deceased hostages have yet to be returned to Israel, contrary to what was agreed upon, Israel decided to keep the Rafah crossing closed to traffic and to reduce the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
At the White House, the US president said Hamas had failed to honor its pledge to disarm and misled Israel over the number of hostages, while describing the Sharm el-Sheikh summit as a major step toward reshaping the Middle East.
Hostages freed yesterday have begun to share fragments of the nightmare they endured for two years. Avintan Or described a failed escape attempt. “There were times they hardly saw daylight,” said a relative of another survivor.
The pro-Palestinian activist accused Israel of murdering Gaza-based influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi, who was actually killed in a clan feud in Gaza. Al-Jafarawi was shot dead by members of the Durmush clan.
After 738 days, the nightmare is over. For the first time since 2014, there are no living Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip.
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