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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Gilad Shalit

Esther Wachsman speaks at the funeral of her husband Yehuda Wachsman, at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2025, 3:02 am
Mother of soldier Nachshon Wachsman dies, 30 years after his kidnapping and murder
Esther Wachsman, 76, committed herself to commemorating her son and Cpt. Nir Poraz, who was killed during failed operation to rescue Nachshon from Hamas captors near Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Palestinians celebrate the release of some 90 prisoners set free by Israel in the early hours of January 20, 2025, upon their arrival aboard a Red Cross bus in the Palestinian West Bank town of Beitunia, on the outskirts of Ramallah. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 24, 2025, 10:27 am
Daily Briefing Jan. 24: Day 476 – Excruciating dilemmas as murderers set to be released
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on how high a cost Israel will pay for human life, and the difficult national conversation that may come on how to prevent the next Hamas kidnapping
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur
Freed hostage Noralin Agojo, 60, who was released on November 28, 2023, as part of a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. (Courtesy)
April 16, 2024, 2:11 pm
Freed hostage says she saw photo of Gilad Shalit in Gaza room where she was held
Filipino-born Noralin Agojo recalls terrorists hauled her to the enclave in a van filled with the bodies of murdered Israelis: ‘I didn’t see their faces, didn’t turn around’
By ToI Staff
Gilad Shalit at a memorial ceremony for Yoni Netanyahu at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem on July 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon / GPO /File)
January 16, 2024, 1:49 am
Gilad Shalit met hostages’ families, shared how he endured Hamas captivity — report
TV says former soldier, who was held by terror group in Gaza for 5 years, reached out to relatives of those abducted on Oct 7. to give them hope about ‘normal life’ after captivity
By ToI Staff
Destruction from Israeli aerial bombardment in Gaza City, October 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
October 13, 2023, 2:25 pm
Though Gaza kept under close watch, rescuing hostages there poses daunting task
Densely populated area, web of tunnels, traps awaiting rescuers, and enormous numbers abducted during deadly rampage presents trickiest hostage crisis in Israel’s history
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)
October 8, 2023, 11:54 pm
By abducting over 100 people into Gaza, Hamas has put Netanyahu in a political bind
PM previously freed over 1,000 Palestinian inmates for one IDF soldier; now he must deal with some 130 civilian hostages and with far-right partners who won’t agree to mass release
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Salah Hamouri arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel, on December 18, 2022. (Daphné BENOIT / AFP)
December 19, 2022, 7:59 pm
‘A war crime’: UN pans Israeli expulsion of Palestinian lawyer said linked to terror
UN human rights office says ‘deporting a protected person from occupied territory is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention,’ warns of move’s chilling effect
By AFP and Agencies
Salah Hamouri (R) arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel, on December 18, 2022 (Daphné BENOIT / AFP)
December 18, 2022, 2:04 pm
France slams Israel for deporting Palestinian over alleged terror: ‘Against the law’
French Foreign Ministry says Israel can’t expel an individual from ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem, says Paris has ‘fully mobilized’ to ensure Salah Hamouri can reside in the city
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Franco-Palestinian lawyer and Adameer field researcher Salah Hamouri at the NGO's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 1, 2020. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
December 18, 2022, 8:06 am
Israel deports Palestinian lawyer allegedly involved in terror activities to France
Officials say Salah Hamouri, who spent 7 years in prison for plot to assassinate former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, is still active in PFLP terror group; he denies accusations
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Salah Hamouri is greeted after arriving at his home in Jerusalem following his released from Israeli prison in a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, Dec. 18 2011. (Sliman Khader/FLASH90)
December 2, 2022, 8:07 am
Israel says Palestinian who plotted to kill top rabbi to be deported for new actions
Officials say Salah Hammouri, who spent seven years in prison after being convicted in plan to assassinate Ovadia Yosef, has returned to activities tied to terrorism
By AP and ToI Staff
Gilad Shalit with his father, Noam, on the day of his release from captivity (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry/Flash90)
March 30, 2022, 11:52 pm
Noam Shalit, father of former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit, dies at 68
Shalit passes after battling leukemia; was known for relentless, successful fight for son’s return from Hamas captivity in prisoner exchange; funeral at Mitzpe Hila on Thursday
By ToI Staff
Gilad Shalit marries Nitzan Shabbat on June 23, 2021. (Screenshot: Aviv & Tali Videographers)
June 23, 2021, 11:28 pm
Gilad Shalit gets married, 10 years after release from Hamas captivity
Former soldier, who was held prisoner in Gaza between 2006 and 2011 before being released in swap, ties knot with fiancé at small ceremony in central Israel
By ToI Staff
Gilad Shalit is seen during his time in Hamas captivity, in footage aired for the first time on June 6, 2021 (video screenshot)
June 7, 2021, 12:29 am
Hamas issues footage of Shalit in captivity, voice of another ‘captured soldier’
Al Jazeera airs new videos of soldier being held in Gaza cell; calls for ‘help’ heard in separate audio purporting to be of another captive, but parents says not their sons’ voices
By ToI Staff
Malki Roth (Courtesy of the Roth family)
May 5, 2020, 1:39 pm
Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer
Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case
By David Horovitz
Gilad Shalit and his fiancee Nitzan Shabbat (Instagram)
February 17, 2020, 12:21 am
Gilad Shalit, ex-IDF soldier held by Hamas for 5 years, is engaged
Former POW, 33, proposes to girlfriend Nitzan Shabbat
By Marcy Oster
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