📸 The Photo That Started It All
24 years ago, Jewish-American student Tuvia Grossman was almost beaten to death by a Palestinian mob in Jerusalem. An AP photographer captured the moment Israeli border police officer Gidon Tzefadi saved his life, and then twisted fact into fiction.
10 years later they reunited to discuss the moment that launched HonestReporting, with former CEO Joe Hyams...
14 CIVILIANS.
- Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera, 32, a Filipina caregiver
- A 102-year-old man, who died after falling down the stairs while rushing to a shelter during a missile attack
- Yaakov, 16, Avigail, 15, and Sara Biton, 13 — three siblings murdered in a shelter after a missile hit it in Beit Shemesh
- Marina Belyav, 68, who suffocated to death on her way to a shelter
- Sara and Ronit Elimelech, a mother and daughter killed in Beit Shemesh
- Bruria and Yosef Cohen, a mother and son murdered in Beit Shemesh
- Gavriel Baruch Revach, 16
- Oren Katz
- Rustem Golomov, a worker killed at a construction site
- Amed Mortuzov, a worker killed at a construction site
Since the start of the war, the regime in Iran has exclusively murdered civilians in Israel with its cluster-bomb missiles.
They were not collateral damage from strikes on military targets. They were the primary targets.
An American Jew from Florida flew to Israel, went to the Israel-Gaza border, handed out treats, and thanked the IDF soldiers for protecting Israel and the world from radical Islam and terrorism.
I love this.
After 843 days, there are no hostages in Gaza.
Now begins the long, painful work of healing and rebuilding.
For 87 families of fallen and murdered hostages, October 7 will never end.
As for the families of fallen soldiers and police officers, heroes who gave their lives to protect us and to bring them home.
The road ahead is long.
But at least they are all home.
It's day 828 of the October 7 Hostage Crisis.
Hamas Gaza is still holding onto the body of Ran Gvili.
He was a police officer, killed defending Israeli communities from Hamas' barbaric atrocities.
There must be no one left behind.
#SanFrancisco, #CA: 71y/o #WendellWhite has not been heard from since Sep 2023. Family states that he isn't in constant communication however, he never misses a birthday or major holiday without calling. The last known area he was living in was in the 500blk of Jones St in the
It's day 802 of the October 7 Hostage Crisis.
Hamas Gaza is still holding onto the body of Ran Gvili.
He was a police officer, killed defending Israeli communities from Hamas' barbaric atrocities.
There must be no one left behind.
789 DAYS after October 7, and more than SEVEN WEEKS since the ceasefire took effect, Hamas STILL holds the bodies of two hostages, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak.
Every single day Hamas fails to release them is a day Hamas is violating the ceasefire.
RELEASE THEM NOW!
‘October 7’ happens every week in Nigeria, Sudan, and more. After the Hamas massacre, former Sudanese slave Simon Deng led a march from Aviv to Jerusalem to show his support for the Israelis.
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Each word is a world, for the families, for the nation, for all of us.
Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Sudthisak Rinthalak are the last remaining hostages in Gaza.
They must be brought home now 🎗️
#UntilTheLastHostage
Shira, Ran Gvili's sister: "I miss my brother terribly and want him to come back. We are exhausted. The constant fear that it simply won't happen is tiring."
Photo credit: Yuval Chen
@kereneubach@kann_news#UntilTheLastHostage
It's day 781 of the October 7 Hostage Crisis.
Hamas Gaza is still holding onto the bodies of 3 hostages it killed in captivity.
Ran Gvili, Dror Or, Sudthisak Rudalak.
It must #LetThemGoNow! 🎗️