Hamas Quietly Reasserts Control in Gaza
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Young female Hamas hostage forced to perform sex act — then smile at captors: harrowing UN testimony
Israeli hostage Aviva Siegel recounted the horror she saw while testifying Wednesday to the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva.
Former Hamas hostage Emily Damari shares her harrowing 471-day captivity experience in Gaza, revealing how she survived underground tunnels and refused to break.
U.S. and Israeli officials are divided over whether to allow the militants, stranded inside a tunnel network in Rafah, safe passage.
The Post entered Gaza and saw the haunting battlefield in the wake of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal announced by President Trump on September 29.
Hadar Goldin was killed on Aug. 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire took effect ending that year's war between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas returned to Israel the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in a 2014 war in Gaza. Hamas on Sunday handed over the remains of an Israeli soldier held by the Palestinian militant group for more than a decade, bringing bitter closure to a family that waited 11 years to bury him.
Israeli and foreign officials estimate that around 100 to 200 Hamas fighters are holed up in a tunnel network on the Israeli-controlled side of the so-called “Yellow Line” in southern Gaza, unable to move back into Hamas-run territory without surfacing into areas patrolled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The return comes as attention deepens around postwar planning. Jared Kushner met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday.