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re: US Strikes Syria -Targeted Weapons, Munitions & Iranian-Backed Groups
Two US Hostages Freed by Hamas -Trapped British & US Nationals Might Use The Rafah Crossing to Leave Gaza.
The Forgotten Israeli Hostages Kept by Hamas in Gaza For Years
Egypt Sent 130 Aid Trucks For Gaza. Israel Only Allowed 30 Through -NO Fuel For Hospitals
Pro-Palestinian Protests Take Place Across UK in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast and Salford as Israel is Killing 1 Child Every 15 Mins
BBC 22 OCT 2023
Egypt Sent 130 Trucks. Israel Only Allowed 30 Through
Pro-Palestinian Protests Take Place Across UK
Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), says the Israeli military will "deepen" and "increase" its strikes on Gaza. At a press conference, he told reporters this would allow Israel to "minimise the risks to our forces in the next stages of the war" - and it would happen "from today"
Hagari also repeated a call for residents of Gaza City to move to the south of the region, saying it was for their own safety
The warning comes on the same day aid was allowed into Gaza, from Egypt, for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted. Despite some leaders celebrating the move, the UN called the aid a "drop in the ocean" of what's needed
Judith and Natalie Raanan: Hamas frees two US hostages. Brig Gen Gal Hirsch, together with members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), received the two hostages from Hamas at the boundary of the Palestinian enclave on Friday evening, said the Israeli prime minister's office.
The father of freed US hostage Natalie Raanan - who was held captive by Hamas for almost two weeks - has spoken to the BBC. He said his daughter, 17, is a "tough girl" and that "it'll take time for her to get back to normal ... but she'll be fine"
It's two weeks since Hamas launched its assault on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 have been killed in Gaza since then
The Forgotten Israeli Hostages Kept by Hamas in Gaza For Years
Israeli campaigners urge the release of Avera and the bodies of dead soldiers Oron Shaul (C) and Hadar Goldin (R) - August 2022. After secret negotiations in 2011 Israel got the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit back - but in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners held in its jails.
The anguish over some 200 people kidnapped by Hamas in its brutal attack on Israel is in the spotlight - but Hamas has been holding at least two Israelis for years.
Very little has been heard about Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengistu and Bedouin Arab Israeli Hisham al-Sayed, seized in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
The relatives of two dead Israeli soldiers are also tormented by the fact that Hamas has been holding their remains in Gaza since 2014. Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul were killed during a war between Israel and Hamas that year.
Hamas - backed by Iran and regarded by Western nations as a terrorist group - has previously demanded a high price for releasing captive Israelis. They are used as Hamas bargaining chips.
Aviram Shaul, brother of Oron, says that for nearly 10 years his family has had no news from Hamas about where it is keeping Oron's body, no sign that Oron will be returned.
In 2014 the army found Oron's helmet and bulletproof vest in a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. But since then, Aviram told the BBC, "I feel Israelis forgot about them [the two dead soldiers]".
"Now is a good chance to bring my brother back, because we're talking about 200 families with relatives held hostage in Gaza. The government did not do enough to bring my brother back, but now they have to make a big effort."
He said now "Israel needs to do a humanitarian deal to get the hostages out". "If Hamas wants electricity, water, they must give us the hostages and soldiers' bodies and Israel does nothing if they don't want to."
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