Israelis pay last respects to hostage mother and sons killed in Gaza

Mother of officer killed in Pa. hospital hostage shooting mourns son with 'warrior heart'

YORK, Pa. — The unease growing inside Nancy Duarte Matarese on Saturday quickly blossomed into full-on dread as she found herself being escorted to a small family room inside WellSpan York Hospital.

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Israelis bid farewell to Shiri Bibas and her 2 young sons killed in captivity in Gaza

Tens of thousands of Israelis have lined highways holding flags, orange balloons and signs saying “forgive us” in an outpouring of grief as the bodies of a mother and her two small sons who were ...

ABC News - 6h

Israel says slain Israeli mother was not among hostage remains released by Hamas

Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still ...

CBS News - 4d

Thousands of Israelis line streets for funeral of Bibas family killed in Gaza

National outpouring of grief comes amid reports that deal reached to resume ceasefire with Hamas. Thousands of Israelis have lined the route of a funeral procession for two small children and their ...

The Guardian - 8h

Hundreds attend funeral of killed Israeli hostage Oded Lifshitz

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Palestinian American mother testifies son watched as attacker stabbed her before killing the boy

A woman whose 6-year-old son was fatally stabbed in an attack that prosecutors say was motivated by hate said her son watched in fear as she was stabbed.

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Netanyahu vows to make Hamas pay for not returning body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas

Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense ...

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As Truce Talks Stall, Fears Mount for Israeli Hostages in Gaza After 500 Days

“I was in Gaza. I survived. Keith survived. Others will not,” said Aviva Siegel, who with her husband was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. She urged the Israeli government to secure the release of ...

The New York Times - 5d

Hamas to free 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza Strip in latest step of ceasefire

Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip

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Freed Israeli hostage held onto faith to get through months of captivity in Gaza

An Israeli hostage freed in the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas said faith sustained her during her captivity, and she used the few means that were available to her to observe Judaism

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Netanyahu: Hamas will pay for not returning mother Shiri Bibas

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Israeli hostages return home in caskets

Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...

CBS News - 5d

Who Are the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages?

Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The New York Times - 3d

The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faces a key deadline. Will it last?

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday

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Mother found guilty of murdering sons aged 2 and 5

Kara Alexander is convicted of murdering her sons Marley and Elijah at their Dagenham home in 2022.

BBC News - 5d

Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages

Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives.

The New York Times - 5d

Watch: The moment six Israeli hostages are released

Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.

BBC News - 4d

Hamas releases six Israeli hostages as ceasefire holds

Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.

CBS News - 4d

Israeli hostages freed as Palestinian prisoner release delayed

Yahoo News - 3d

Six hostages released in Gaza as hundreds of Palestinians to be freed

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Hamas’s failure to return Israeli mother’s body strains ceasefire

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been strained by outrage over Hamas’s alleged transfer of an unknown body to Israel in the place of Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother who was ...

The Hill - 5d

Funeral of hostages Shiri Bibas and sons due to be held on Wednesday

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Bodies of the youngest Hamas hostages were retuned without their mother

The bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the two youngest captives held by Hamas, were confirmed to be among those released as part of a ceasefire deal. However, the body that was believed to be their ...

NBC News - 5d

Bodies of youngest Hamas hostages returned to Israel — but their mother wasn't, Israel says

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Israel says mother not among four hostages' bodies returned by Hamas

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‘Counting the seconds’: Mother of hostage Alon Ohel on fragile ceasefire deal

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Baerbock says pain of killed hostages is almost unbearable

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Israeli family mourns 'man of peace' as body returned from Gaza

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Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

Hamas said the hostage's remains seem to have been mixed up with other bodies and it is investigating.

BBC News - 5d

‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they ...

The Guardian - 1d

NBC News speaks to mother of officer killed in PA hospital shooting

The mother of the police officer who was killed while responding to a shooting at a Pennsylvania hospital is speaking out. It comes as investigators work to figure out the motive behind the attack. ...

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‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is ...

The Guardian - 4d

Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.

NBC News - 4d

Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.

ABC News - 4d

Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Yahoo News - 3d

Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas' body finally goes home

It was an agonizing week for Israelis after Hamas failed to hand over the body of Shiri Bibas, but her remains were eventually sent back overnight. Debora Patta reports.

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