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Hamas hostages and their families are destined to feel intense and sometimes opposing feelings as a handful emerge from 50 days captivity in the Gaza Strip.

Released with her mother and little sister after almost 50 days in captivity in Gaza, four-year-old Raz Asher sits in her father's arms on a hospital bed in Israel. Raz was released with her two-year-old sister, Aviv and mother Doron on Friday, in the first stage of the Israel-Hamas hostage deal that is set to see another 14 hostages, women and children, released on Saturday. If the deal goes through as intended, it will see the release of 50 Israeli hostages in return for 150 Palestinian...

At a standing-room-only meeting, Israel's U.N. mission heard heart-wrenching accounts from families of Israelis, Americans​ and others believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas.

(Bloomberg) -- Yoni Asher last spoke to his wife on Saturday morning, when she called from her mother’s home in southern Israel near the Gaza border. “She told me terrorists had infiltrated the home,” he said. “The phone got disconnected.”Most Read from BloombergIsrael Latest: Over 1,100 Dead; US Sends Warships to RegionAs Israel-Hamas War Rages, Oil Traders Focus on IranOil Jumps as Hamas’ Attack on Israel Fans Middle East TensionsHamas Attack Thrusts P...

Yoni Asher last spoke to his wife on Saturday morning, when she told him over the phone that there were "terrorists inside the house" before the line went dead

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