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‘That people are still there haunts me in the night’: Former Hamas hostage says ordeal won’t truly end until everyone is home

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Givatayim, Israel (CNN) — The sight of Or Levy emerging in February from Hamas captivity shocked the world. The 34-year-old’s pale, emaciated frame stood as a testament to the brutal conditions he endured during the 491 days he was held hostage – almost all of which he spent underground, shackled and

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media upon his arrival from Pennsylvania

‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation

By Nimi Princewill, Sarah Dean, Larry Madowo and Hamilton Wende, CNN (CNN) — Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States, after its government confirmed that migrants described by a Department of Homeland security spokesperson as “depraved monsters” had been sent

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Wounded Palestinians

Israel says it ‘deeply regrets’ strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, pledges investigation

By Ibrahim Dahman, Catherine Nicholls, Christopher Lamb, Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Roman Catholics in Gaza, said the Holy Family Church was

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Air raid drills across Taiwan as island practices for a war with China it hopes will never come

By Will Ripley and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For thirty minutes, under the punishing midday sun, Taiwan’s capital Taipei rehearsed for war. Presidential alerts began blaring on cell phones at 1:30pm on Thursday across this city of more than two million people: “[Air Defense Drill] Missile attack. Seek immediate shelter.” Then came

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