Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’
'They said, well, only 24 are living, but now it’s 21. That was a week ago,' the president said
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Fast Forward Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza, in a shift for war’s goals
Israeli military leaders say the plan could threaten the lives of the remaining hostages
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Fast Forward 10 freed Israeli hostages to participate in March of the Living
They will be joined by around 80 Holocaust survivors at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp site
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Fast Forward Ben Shapiro, Emily Damari among torch lighters for Israel’s Independence Day ceremony
Some Israelis have decried the inclusion of Shapiro, one of the most prominent conservative pundits in the United States
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News ‘Whose seat is now empty’: Remembering Hersh Goldberg-Polin at his family’s Passover retreat
More than 200 gathered in the Georgia mountains to remember the Oct. 7 hostage killed by Hamas
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Fast Forward In the ashes of the governor’s mansion, clues to a mystery about Josh Shapiro’s Passover Seder
Like any good Passover puzzle, the answer only begets more questions
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Fast Forward For a second straight Passover, Jews mark Festival of Freedom while hostages remain in Gaza
“I think this year there is one question and one question only, which is: Why are they still there?” said Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hersh was murdered in captivity since last Passover.
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Fast Forward Freed hostage Liri Albag responds to backlash over Netanyahu criticism: ‘I fear what we have become’
Some Netanyahu supporters told Albag to “go back to Gaza,” where she was held hostage for 477 days
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