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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 55

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Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Tali Amano, left, speaks at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba about the condition of her mother Elma Avraham, right, who is in critical condition after being released by the Hamas terror group, November 27, 2023. (Screenshot/Courtesy)
November 27, 2023, 4:37 pm
Daughter of critically ill 84-year-old freed hostage: Red Cross ‘abandoned’ her
Tali Amano says that her mother, Elma Avraham, didn’t receive any of her vital medications while in captivity, even after her son brought them to representatives of the aid group
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors sing and dance at the weekly Kabalat Shabbat on Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on November 25, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
November 25, 2023, 10:37 am
Hostages’ release inspires rare joy and relief on Shabbat eve at Hostages Square
For the first time, the normally solemn weekly event features dancing and singing, as participants draw encouragement after first 13 hostages released
By Canaan Lidor
The children and babies kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Israel's official Twitter account)
November 23, 2023, 7:18 pm
Coming home: Health Ministry discloses strict protocols for treating freed hostages
After being handed to IDF by Red Cross, hostages will be sent to 6 Israeli hospitals, where staff will follow protocols on everything from avoiding overfeeding to documenting rape
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Demonstrators calling upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
November 20, 2023, 11:33 pm
Red Cross ‘cannot force its way in’ to see hostages, but critics say it could do more
ICRC says it can’t visit Gaza hostages unless Hamas allows it to do so, but government and families say it could exert more diplomatic pressure, including with Egypt and Qatar
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Members of the Marciano family meet in Modiin with family members of hostages marching to Jerusalem on November 16, 2023. (Screenshot)
November 16, 2023, 5:34 pm
Families of hostages meet with Marciano family, whose daughter died in Gaza captivity
Adi Marciano, Noa’s mother, says fight for her return isn’t over; families of hostages say war cabinet isn’t responding to request for meeting
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Israelis begin a days-long march in Tel Aviv towards the Knesset in Jerusalem, calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by terrorists in Gaza, November 14, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 14, 2023, 4:45 pm
Demanding answers, families of hostages begin protest march from Tel Aviv to Knesset
‘The government has already abandoned us, don’t leave us alone,’ organizers beseech the public as days-long march to Jerusalem is launched amid reports of potential hostage deal
By ToI Staff
Family members of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza attend a special Health Committee session in the Knesset, November 13, 2023. (Knesset Spokesperson)
November 14, 2023, 2:10 am
In bitter Knesset meetings, relatives of captives in Gaza plead for their safe return
Representatives for hostages taken by Hamas-led terrorists say ‘country has no right to exist’ if they’re not returned; Arab faction leaders call for prisoner exchange deal
By Shira Silkoff
Demonstrators calling upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
November 13, 2023, 11:16 pm
Health workers join campaign to advocate for hostages, care for their families
Top health experts volunteer with #BringThemHomeNow to fight for information on the medical status of the hostages, lobbying Red Cross and WHO to do more
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Women rally November 12, 2023, urging global women's organizations worldwide to take note of the atrocities committed against women by Hamas terrorists (Courtesy Galit Sabag)
November 13, 2023, 11:28 am
Hand in hand, women demand global stand against Hamas crimes
Rally at Tel Aviv’s renamed Hostages Plaza calls attention to atrocities carried out by the Gaza-ruling terror group
By Jessica Steinberg
Noa Argamani, 26, who was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 during a massacre at the Supernova desert rave. (Courtesy)
October 18, 2023, 9:16 pm
Taken captive: Noa Argamani, 26, recorded in one of first Hamas videos
Kidnapped at the Supernova music festival, October 7
By ToI Staff
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the group's murderous infiltration of Israel on October 7, 2023, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. October 14, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2023, 10:13 pm
Israeli doctors pressure WHO, Red Cross and others to protect hostages in Gaza
As they support families of the kidnapped and missing, public health experts provide ICRC critical information on their medical conditions and necessary medications
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Keren, mother of Mia Schem, and representatives of the families of the abducted people held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza hold a press conference following the release of a video by Hamas, in which the 21-year-old Israeli woman is seen (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 17, 2023, 1:30 pm
Begging world to ‘return my baby,’ mother says video of hostage daughter a good sign
Keren Schem describes rollercoaster of emotions, says footage released by Hamas terror group Monday night was first confirmation that daughter survived rave massacre
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli soldiers remove bodies of Israeli civilians killed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2023, 2:17 pm
Hamas actions are war crimes, could constitute genocide – international law experts
Over 100 authorities from Israel and abroad say terror group’s massive attack was intended to destroy part of a national group, hostage-taking involved multiple crimes
By Stuart Winer
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