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2 months ago | 
telegraphindia.com | Adam Rasgon |Nadav Gavrielov
The handover of four hostages on Saturday was an even more performative stunt than the one last Sunday, when three other female hostages were released Adam Rasgon, Nadav Gavrielov Published 26.01.25, 11:48 AM Representational image File image For the second time in a week, Hamas used the handing over of hostages to the Red Cross to project an image that it is still a powerful force in charge of the Gaza Strip, despite 15 months of a war that has killed thousands of its fighters and civilians,...
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nadav Gavrielov
The first rule of transferring water or Gatorade into the hands of runners, according to a New York City Marathon volunteer veteran: Don't step out into the road. Marathon volunteers should stand next to the fluid tables and calmly face out toward the runners, says Jeffrey Laperuta, 75, who has volunteered at the Mile 3A fluid station nearly every year since 1984. Keep one foot firmly on the curb to avoid getting in the runners' paths. "Stay back. Let the runners come to you. Just stay back.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nadav Gavrielov
The families of several Israeli hostages held in Gaza issued a sharply worded televised statement on Saturday in which they called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to seize the moment after this week's killing of the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, to reach a hostage and cease-fire deal to bring home their loved ones. "Netanyahu, there are no excuses left," said Einav Zangauker, whose 24-year-old son, Matan, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nadav Gavrielov |Graham Dickie
Aspiring poets working up the courage to try an open mic. A couple on a surprise date. At least one veteran of verse looking for inspiration to help get through a dry spell. And far more than one person selling poetry collections.
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May 29, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Nadav Gavrielov
Aviva Siegel was held captive with her husband until late November, when she was one of 105 hostages released as part of a cease-fire deal. Aviva Siegel, who was held captive in Gaza until November, holding a poster last week of her husband, Keith Siegel, who is still being held. Credit... Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times When Hamas released video last month of Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, it was the first sign in months that he was still alive.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Nadav Gavrielov |Adam Rasgon |Aaron Boxerman
A member of Israel’s war Cabinet exposed deep rifts in the group, criticizing the prime minister in a television interview broadcast Thursday, and dismissing the possibility that the Israeli military might rescue more hostages while saying bluntly that Israel had yet to fully realize its objectives in the Gaza Strip. The Cabinet member, Lt. Gen.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
clarin.com | Nadav Gavrielov
Hila Rotem Shoshani había invitado a su amiga Emily Hand a quedarse a dormir en el kibutz Be'eri, Israel. Las niñas, que entonces tenían 12 y 8 años, se despertaron a la mañana siguiente, 7 de octubre, con el sonido de estruendosos estampidos: el comienzo del atentado más mortífero de la historia de su país. Durante unas seis horas, Hila y Emily se escondieron en la habitación segura de la casa con la madre de Hila, Raaya Rotem, de 54 años, mientras los atacantes de Hamás invadían el kibbutz.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
telegraphindia.com | Nadav Gavrielov |Aaron Boxerman
Katz, who has been serving as energy minister, is expected to trade places with the current foreign minister, Eli Cohen Nadav Gavrielov, Aaron Boxerman New York Published 02.01.24, 05:24 AM Israel Katz. Twitter Israel’s government on Sunday agreed to name a new foreign minister, Israel Katz, following through with a political agreement that was in place before the war against Hamas.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
brisbanetimes.com.au | Nadav Gavrielov
By Nadav Gavrielov December 31, 2023 — 9.22am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tel Aviv: Mia Schem had been held hostage in the Gaza Strip for three days when, she said, she underwent surgery for a gunshot wound she sustained in Hamas’ attack on Israel. For days afterward – forced to share a room with her captor – she received no painkillers and had to replace her own bandages.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
smh.com.au | Nadav Gavrielov
She told Israeli television that at one point her captor called her over to watch footage on television of her mother speaking at a news conference, saying he did so "to hurt me", but that she nevertheless drew strength from seeing her mother. Another day, her captor was upset after his friends were killed in an Israeli bombing, she said, adding that she consoled him only in order "to play the game". Other times, the bombing was close by. "The windows broke in the home I was in," she said.
