Young Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity
How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity.
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How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity.
The civilian ship, called the Madleen, was on a mission organized by a group that opposes the nearly two-decade-old blockade of Gaza.
The Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said the threats had made it “impossible to proceed” with food distribution. Hamas denied the accusation and accused the group of lacking neutrality.
Footage from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and the Israeli authorities shows what happened when Israel diverted a civilian ship, with Greta Thunberg onboard, that was headed to Gaza.
Israeli soldiers have taken command of a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and the boat with its crew of 12 including activist Greta Thunberg is now heading to a port in Israel.
Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use “any means necessary” to stop it from breaching a naval blockade.
At least 13 Palestinians have been killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli soldiers and American security contractors opened fire on crowds waiting for food near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, one east of Rafah and another near t…
To Israelis, the location of an underground passageway highlights Hamas’s abuse of civilians. To Palestinians, Israel’s decision to target it highlights Israel’s own disregard for civilian life.
Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use “any means necessary” to stop it from breaching a naval blockade.
Families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday urged US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to introduce a new proposal for securing their release.