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How Israel Did the Impossible — and Brought All the Hostages Home

JL;DR SUMMARY In a decisive move, Israel achieved the return of all hostages abducted by Palestinians in Gaza, including the body of Staff Sergeant Ran Gvili, as affirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaMiddle EastIdfBenjamin NetanyahuMilitary StrategyHostagesU.S. PolicyRan Gvili

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Israel
"In the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Netanyahu opened with the traditional Jewish blessing of thanksgiving."
United States
"As U.S. President Donald Trump presses forward with his plan to rebuild the territory and maybe one day hand it back to Palestinians under some future form of self-rule, Netanyahu faces a different kind of pressure: He will need to demonstrate that Israel was not overruled, that reconstruction does not become rearmament by another name."
London, United Kingdom
"A gift of any amount helps keep our platform free of advertising and accessible to all. Subscribe nowGive a gift subscriptionMake a one-time contribution This is a guest essay by Jonathan Sacerdoti, a London-based broadcaster, journalist, and analyst."
Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt
"Until the final hours, it appeared that the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt would proceed regardless of whether the remains of the last hostage had been found."

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