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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Farhan al-Qadi

Israeli rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi (C) at a gathering of family and friends to welcome him upon returning to his village of Khirbet Karkour near the southern Bedouin city of Rahat on August 28, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 5, 2024, 1:26 pm
Farhan al-Qadi says he was taken hostage because he refused to point Hamas to Jews
Rescued hostage describes being shot and captured and his 11-month ordeal; report says slain captive Eden Yerushalmi had been starved in captivity, body weighed only 36 kgs
By ToI Staff
Aryeh Zalmanovich. (Courtesy)
August 29, 2024, 4:47 pm
Son says Aryeh Zalmanovich, 86, ‘was murdered’ in Gaza hospital next to Farhan al-Qadi
Rescued hostage updated Nir Oz resident’s son upon return to Israel, said two forged ‘special bond’ when held together in hospital; son says dad didn’t get medicine, care he needed
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Farhan al-Qadi, right, hugs a well-wisher as he arrives his home in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur, near Rahat, southern Israel, August 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 7:06 pm
Rescued captive calls to ‘put an end’ to hostage saga as crowd cheers his return home
Brother of Farhan al-Qadi says terrorists shot him in leg before taking him to Gaza, where he was treated without anesthetic and held without sunlight for months
By ToI Staff and AP
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi seen with family members and doctors at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on August 27, 2024. (Courtesy Soroka Medical Center)
August 28, 2024, 4:13 pm
Rescue, shmescue, as the loathsome Jews would say
A Muslim liberated from heroic Hamas by the hideous Zionists? That can’t be true. And if it is, I don’t want to hear it
By David Horovitz
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House, July 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 28, 2024, 7:44 am
Unapologetic optimism: How US approaches its messaging around hostage negotiations
Biden spokesperson tells ToI positivity voiced repeatedly throughout talks has always been warranted, even if deal hasn’t yet materialized; insists US ‘clear-eyed’ about challenges
By Jacob Magid
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, on August 27, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 28, 2024, 4:45 am
Former Rahat mayor says rescued hostage told him another captive died by his side
Info can’t be immediately verified; Ata Abu Madighem says Farhan al-Qadi ‘has many [terrible] memories’ and that his captors ‘treated him as an Israeli in every respect’
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Prime Minister's Office on Aug. 27, 2024, Farhan al-Qadi, 52, right meets relatives at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 27, 2024, 9:24 pm
Better than a baby: ‘Surprise’ hostage rescue gives way to joy as family reunites
Relatives of Farhan al-Qadi rush to hospital to see him after nearly 11 months in captivity, but celebrations tempered by concerns for 108 hostages remaining in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Farhan al-Qadi arrives at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, August 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 27, 2024, 5:16 pm
Hostage rescued by IDF from tunnel in south Gaza after 10 months of Hamas captivity
Farhan al-Qadi, 52, Bedouin father of 11, was found by special forces in ‘brave and complex’ operation, army says; he’s the eighth hostage to be extricated alive
By Emanuel Fabian
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