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The Life and Death of the Oldest Hostage in Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY Shlomo Mantzur, a deeply cherished carpenter and father, was the oldest Israeli hostage taken from Kibbutz Kissufim during the violent October 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian militants. 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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FamilyGazaIsraeli HistoryHostageKibbutz KissufimOctober 7 AttacksPalestinian MilitantsIraqi JewsShlomo MantzurMiddle Eastern Jewish History

Places mentioned

Kibbutz Kissufim, Southern District, Israel
"endlife at the kibbutz in southern Israel where he fixed cupboards and clocks and tended his garden in the heat"
Ramat Gan, Central District, Israel
"When I met two of his daughters this week in Ramat Gan, in central Israel, they remembered him devising art projects"
Baghdad, Iraq
"Mantzur was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1938."
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