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Nahal Neta, son of Adrienne Neta, 66, holds a photo of the nurse living in Kibbitz Be'eri missing since a Hamas surprise attack on the Gaza border, after a news conference by U.S. citizens whose relatives are missing, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Families in Israel and abroad wait in agony for word of their loved ones taken hostage by militants
By DANICA KIRKA AND AMI BENTOV - Associated Press
Wed,10/11/23-1:51PM , 117 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — One of those taken hostage is a grandmother who learned Arabic in hopes of building bridges with her neighbors. Others include 10 members of an extended family, one an elderly man in a wheelchair who requires hospital care.
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Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

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As Israel pummels Gaza, families of those held hostage by militants agonize over loved ones' safety
By JULIA FRANKEL AND ADAM GELLER - Associated Press
Mon,10/09/23-11:21PM , 102 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — In the hours after Hamas blew through Israel’s heavily fortified separation fence and crossed into the country from Gaza, Ahal Besorai tried desperately to reach his sister. There was no answer.
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel's military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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What is Hamas? The group that rules the Gaza Strip has fought several rounds of war with Israel
By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press
Mon,10/09/23-4:40PM , 103 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched an attack inside Israel over the weekend, killing hundreds and taking others hostage.
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Residents flee their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in the Carrefour-Feuilles district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 25, 2023. The United Nations Security Council approved on Oct. 2 the deployment of an international armed force to Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

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A foreign armed force to fight gangs makes many in Haiti celebrate, while others worry
By EVENS SANON AND DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press
Tue,10/03/23-12:42PM , 80 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the world.
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