The husband & wife taken hostage by Hamas. She was freed, he is still held. Aviva Siegel tells BBC News about her ordeal: the tunnels with no oxygen, the girl who was sexually assaulted,
the brutality of captivity & the need to get her husband home. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

ICYMI A first UK interview with released Israeli hostage Itay Regev. “Every day felt like an eternity.”
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The father of the Israeli teenage girl held hostage by Hamas. Liri Albag’s dad fears his daughter has been sexually assaulted. He gave Rishi Sunak a ‘Bring Them Home’ dog tag when they met today as he asked UK to press Qatar to push Hamas to release more.
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ICYMI The mother whose hostage son escaped Hamas only to be mistakenly killed by Israeli forces. Iris Haim tells the BBC about her son Yotam, how she blames not the soldiers but Hamas for his death. And how she takes comfort he died “a free person.” ⬇️
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LISTEN: Five minutes on being a young Jew in Britain
Special correspondent Lucy Manning has been having candid conversations with teenagers in the UK about how life has changed since the 7 October attacks in Israel.
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137 hostages are still being held by Hamas. The families of those with UK connections met the Foreign Secretary to push for more support. Including the Wales based relatives of the Sharabi family where 3 were killed & 1 is held hostage. Report ⬇️

Uk based families with relatives held hostage by Hamas are calling on UK Govt to do more. Some met with Foreign Secretary today including relatives of UK-Israeli Sharabi family. ⬇️
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We interviewed Noam Sagi last night, from the hospital just after his mum was released, as he waited for their reunion. He says she seemed good when they had a video call but she didn’t know she has no home & so many friends have been murdered. Part of our report below ⬇️

Channa Peri has been released. I spoke to her UK-Israeli daughter Ayelet last month who said she was worried sick about her diabetic mum. The reunion will be bitter sweet. Channa’s son Roi was murdered & the other Nadav is still held. The reality for many. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-671883…

The father of British-Israeli twins Liel & Yannai murdered by Hamas tells BBC News of his grief as his daughter Liel’s remains were so hard to identify they could only bury her toys. “There was nothing left to bury of my daughter.”
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As rumours swirl of a possible hostage deal BBC News piece on the hostage families as they campaign in London & the mums who may have an agonising wait for their sons to be freed. ⬇️

The Scottish brother of UK-Israeli Bernard Cowan, murdered by Hamas, tells the BBC he has never felt more fearful being a Jew in the UK as he pays tribute to his brother killed on October 7th. Article & Video ⬇️
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UK based parents of Lianne Sharabi, Briton murdered with her 2 daughters in Israel by Hamas, say they were found “all cuddled together” & she was “trying to protect her daughters to the end.”
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Another British-Israeli victim of the Hamas attack. First reported by The Times. Yosef Guedalia’s brother told BBC News he was a hero & said
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Some of the families of hostages held by Hamas have travelled to the UK to campaign for their release. We spoke to one British-Israeli family & another family who want 9 month old baby Kfir & 4 year old brother Ariel & their parents released.
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