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Follow the AP’s live updates of Netanyahu’s visit to Washington. Harris said she had a “frank and constructive” conversation with Netanyahu in which she affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself but also expressed deep concern about the high death toll in Gaza over nine months of war and the “dire” humanitarian situation there. “And as I just told Prime Minister …
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel — The empty bedrooms of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 remain frozen in time. Blood stains the floor of the bedroom where Ariel Cunio, 27 and his girlfriend, Arbel Yehud, 29, were kidnapped on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel. “I feel that he can feel me when I’m in there.” Fire damage …
A second American being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has died, a report claimed. Judi Weinstein Haggai and her husband, both Israeli Americans, were taken hostage from their community of Kibbutz Nir when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. The six other Americans being held hostage by Hamas include Omer Neutra, Itay Chen, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Edan Alexander, …
When Jonathan Dekel-Chen goes to Washington these days—and he goes to Washington a lot —he brings photos. “A lot of the photos that we’ve had for Sagui and from my other kids and grandkids were burned on Oct. 7,” Dekel-Chen said. “In English, they say, ‘Bring them home.’ And then in Hebrew, there’s something that means ‘My heart is in …
