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36 h. ago 'Heart of nation torn' as bodies of mother and two young children first dead hostages returned from Gaza

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said ‘heart of the entire nation is torn’ as bodies of four hostages returned

Events

48 h. ago Hostage told family he would return to them only to find they had been killed

Eli Sharabi’s brother-in-law Steve Brisley said it is ‘reassuring and comforting’ he is able to talk about his dead wife and children.

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51 h. ago Israeli hostage vowed to return to his family – only to find they had been killed

Eli Sharabi learned his wife and daughters had been killed after his release from captivity in Gaza but is ‘mentally strong’, says British brother-in-law“Don’t worry, I will be back. Whatever they do to me, I will be back,” was one of the last things Eli Sharabi told his wife and daughters before he was abducted by Hamas. And when the 52-year-old was freed after 16 months in captivity in Gaza, he was desperate to know if his family were waiting for him.It was only then that he was told that his British wife, Lianne Sharabi, 48, and daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, had been murdered at their home in the Be’eri kibbutz in Israel on 7 October 2023. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago 'He asked if his wife and daughters were waiting for him, they had to tell him they'd been murdered'

Eli Sharabi's brother-in-law has described being reunited with him after 16 months of being held hostage by Hamas, and the moment he had to be told his family were dead

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62 h. ago Return of family doctors and appointments within 48 hours: How NHS can be so much better

As this winter’s paralysing flu outbreak illustrated, the SNP’s neglect of GPs’ surgeries has consequences for Scotland’s hospitals

Society