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Freedom Flotilla Coalition attempts to sail aid to Gaza • Hamas continues to look at Witkoff proposal • Hamas to issue response to Witkoff's ceasefire proposal

Einav Zangauker urged a focus solely on hostage return. Yair Golan called for unity and hope despite political differences.

West to push IAEA to find Iran breaking deal • Israeli sources say Hamas control threatened • MFA fires back at Macron after France threatens sanctions over Gaza aid

Reflecting on her time in captivity, Megidish added, "I was in captivity for 23 days, which felt like years. The whole 23 days, I feared I would die."

Rachel Goldberg Polin, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli American hostage murdered in Hamas captivity, gave a commencement speech to 5000 people at Yeshiva University.

10 living hostages and 18 hostage bodies would be released for a 60-day ceasefire, minor IDF withdrawal, and aid distribution changes.

Protestors project the words "Qatari Embassy in Israel" onto the side of the Likud headquarters, alluding to the alleged payoffs from the Qatari government to government aides.

Former hostage Eliya Cohen urged the public to continue fighting for those still held in Gaza, calling the mission “the most Israeli, the most Jewish, and the most human thing we can do."

Speaking with the 'Post', Cusnir shared the emotional toll of 600 days of uncertainty and the relentless struggle to keep hope alive for all those still imprisoned.

The hostages who have come forward with their testimonies have shown incredible bravery, but official talks between Israel and Hamas have repeatedly stalled.