Venetia Menzies

Jan 15, 2025 | thetimes.com | Venetia Menzies |Laerke Christensen |Cecilia Tombesi |Anthony Cappaert

Jan 11, 2025 | thetimes.com | Venetia Menzies |Matilda Davies

Nov 2, 2024 | thetimes.com | Oliver Marsden |Venetia Menzies

‘When the explosion happened, the TV fell on my son’s head,” Ali Nasser said before pointing to the floor. “All these antiques and all this glass fell on my son. Nothing stayed as it was.”Nasser was drinking coffee on his balcony in Bachoura, Beirut, when a missile hit the building in front of his house, sending him flying. Just 500 metres away, at a bar named the Terrible Prince, people were sipping cocktails and chatting away.

Oct 26, 2024 | thetimes.com | Venetia Menzies

Standing above the open grave of his little sister, Eyal Golan made her a final promise. “You will not remain silent. I will be your voice,” he said at her funeral in their home town of Tel Mond as his parents collapsed to the ground in tears. “No one needs to be at the place you have been. No one needs to be alone.”Eyal’s sister, Shirel, killed herself last weekend on her 22nd birthday.

Oct 6, 2024 | thetimes.com | Venetia Menzies |Narottam Medhora

Monday marks one year since Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. The Sunday Times has maintained a database of the fates of the 255 identified people taken hostage by Hamas. To date, 97 remain in Gaza, 65 of whom are presumed to be alive, and 33 whose bodies are being held. During the November truce last year, 112 hostages were released. A further eight have been rescued by the IDF and returned to Israel.