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Hostages freed, Gaza ceasefire promises unmet
Gaza ceasefire one year later: Hostages freed but reconstruction and political transition remain unfulfilled.
Malay Mail · 1m
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Three years after October 7, a mother grieves without healing
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hersh was killed after 328 days in Hamas captivity, writes about living with unbearable loss and rejecting the pressure to recover.
TIME · 3m

Netanyahu's gamble to survive his reckoning
Israel's Prime Minister faces an election on October 27th despite the October 7th disaster. He is betting voters will forget his failures and reward his military response instead.
The New Yorker · 3m