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Ofri Bibas Levy wears a shirt with her brother, sister-in-law and their two children, age 4 and 10 months held captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Ofri Bibas Levy has been haunted by nightmares since Oct. 7, when her brother, sister-in-law and their two children, age 4 and 10 months, were snatched by Hamas militants from their homes and dragged into the Gaza Strip. The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas which gets underway Friday will bring relief to dozens of families. But with militants having abducted 240 people, many families will be left to endure the torment. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Families of hostages not slated for release from Gaza during current truce face enduring nightmare

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers stand outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Ayah al-Wakeel, a lawyer, initially sought shelter at the hospital with her family but fled after an Israeli warning to leave. They returned to the hospital on Nov. 4 but she later texted that she felt unsafe and was going south. Israeli forces breached the hospital on Nov. 13. Al-Wakeel has not been heard from since. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

Hamas frees first batch of hostages under truce, including 13 Israelis, officials and reports say

By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue and David Rising - Associated Press

A man passes by a fence with photographs of hostages, mostly Israeli civilians who were abducted during the Oct. 7, unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group in return for Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel, mediators said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hostages in Gaza set to be released Friday after Hamas, Israel agree to temporary cease-fire

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Biden’s Global Media CEO warns VOA over activism in Israel coverage

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A police vehicle stands on the street during a raid in Berlin-Adlershof in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Hundreds of police officers searched the properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany on Thursday morning with the majority of the raids taking place in Berlin.(Sven Kaeuler/dpa via AP)

Hundreds of German police raid properties of Hamas supporters in Berlin and across the country

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Family members attend a press conference at the Italian Jewish Center in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, with other representatives of the families of the Israelis abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 and believed to be held hostages in Gaza, shortly after they met with Pope Francis at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Qatar says Gaza cease-fire will begin Friday morning, with aid to follow ‘as soon as possible’

By Wafaa Shurafa and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Illustration on Hamas influence on reporting media by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Dear media, Hamas couldn’t do it without you

By Sean Durns

Illustration on selective victimhood by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why do progressives never consider Jews victims?

By Gerard Leval

About a thousand Palestinian and pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at the corner of W. Hubbard St. and N. Armour St. near where President Joe Biden was attending a fundraising event in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

How the hostage deal came about: Negotiations stumbled, but persistence finally won out

By Colleen Long, Seung Min Kim, Sam Magdy and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

People walk past graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel and Hamas reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

A man passes by a fence with photographs of hostages, mostly Israeli civilians who were abducted during the Oct. 7, unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group in return for Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel, mediators said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Family of 3-year-old girl abducted by Hamas hopes she is among the first released

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the seaside of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. But seven weeks into the war, 61-year-old Sinwar remains alive, in hiding and at the helm of Hamas’ fighters as they battle Israeli forces. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Shadowy Hamas leader in Gaza is at top of Israel’s hit list after last month’s deadly attack

By Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Hamas Terrorists, not Freedom Fighters Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Calling Hamas ‘freedom fighters’ is like calling a pimp a champion of women

By Rena Cohen

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes release of some 50 hostages

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Truce deal for hostages hangs in balance as Gaza fighting rages on

By Josef Federman and Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

Sen, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on the debt limit, Thursday, May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call for cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki, right and European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell inspect a map of the Gaza Strip, during his visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)

EU will continue to fund the Palestinians as probe shows no money is reaching Hamas

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

United Nations and terrorists illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How the United Nations became an enabler for terrorism

By Clifford D. May

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been without power or water for weeks

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this photo shared by Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on the X-platform formerly known as Twitter, from left, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and India's Minister of External Affairs Subramanyam Jaishankar pose for photographs during the second India-Australia 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov.20, 2023. (Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson's X handle via AP)

India, Australia commit to boosting strategic ties as their diplomats and defense chiefs hold talks

Associated Press