Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward At least 199 people are being held hostage by Hamas, Israel says, more than earlier estimates
The new estimate comes as Israel prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza that families fear could put their loved ones at risk
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Fast Forward Israel restores water to southern Gaza, US evacuating citizens from Israel by boat as ground war looms
Plus, U.S. senators on a solidarity mission took cover amid rocket sirens in the latest Israel-Hamas war updates
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Fast Forward Death toll in Israel attack soars past 1,200 as catalog of Hamas horrors is revealed
“It’s not a war or a battlefield; it’s a massacre,” one Israeli commander said about what he saw at Kibbutz Kfar Aza
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Fast Forward US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help
“I felt viscerally the discomfort of sitting around while I was watching people leave in uniform,” one student said
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Fast Forward Death toll climbs but IDF regains control of border towns as Hamas attack enters day 3; ‘complete siege’ of Gaza planned
The death toll was reportedly set to climb to 800
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Fast Forward Bruno Mars’ Tel Aviv concert includes classic Israeli children’s Sukkot song
The crowd sang along to “Shlomit Bona Sukkah,” a holiday classic written five decades ago by Naomi Shemer
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Fast Forward USPS releases Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp, 3 years after Jewish Supreme Court justice’s death
The USPS says the new stamp honors 'an American icon'
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Fast Forward Drew Weissman, Jewish immunologist, wins Nobel Prize for his work on Covid vaccines
Weissman shared the prize with Katalin Kariko, his Hungarian-born research partner at the University of Pennsylvania.
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