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Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

The families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefire

By Ellie Grant

1 min read
Former hostage Iair Horn has suggested that those still held in Gaza 'do not have any more time' in an emotional address (Image: Flash90)
A Hamas official has said that there is a 'high chance' that six hostages will be released on Saturday (Image: Getty)
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Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

By Jacob Jaffa

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Freed hostages reunite with families in Israel
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Freed hostages reunite with families in Israel

By JC Reporter

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Emily Damari, right, and her mother Mandy embrace near kibbutz Reim, after Emily's release from Hamas captivity last month (Israeli Army via AP)
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Did Jacob cry when he saw Joseph again?

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

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Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Argentinian Yair Horn and Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov are presented by Hamas and terrorists from Islamic Jihad (Getty)
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad release three more male hostages from Gaza

By Joshua Marks

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Owen Jones has accused an Israeli BBC journalist of sharing content from “extreme accounts" and posting only about Israeli suffering (Photo: Getty)
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BBC staffers round on ‘delusional’ Owen Jones after he targets another Jewish colleague

By Jane Prinsley

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(L-R) Sagui Dekel-Chen, Alexandre Troufanov and Yair Horn
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Hamas and PIJ confirm names of three hostages to be released Saturday

By Eliana Jordan

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