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When Your Father Is a Hostage in Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY In a poignant personal essay, Forest Rain recounts the harrowing experience of Ella Ben Ami, whose father was kidnapped by Hamas and held hostage in Gaza. 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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HamasGazaTraumaHostagesAdvocacyNational UnityKibbutz BeeriFamily ResilienceElla Ben AmiIsraeli Crisis

Places mentioned

Palestinian Territories
"Gaza in a t-shirt and boxer shorts."
Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"daughters Yulie, Ella, and Natalie at Ichilov hospital"
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"to go off for alerts in Haifa"
Sderot, Southern District, Israel
"driving into Sderot"
Kibbutz Beeri, Southern District, Israel
"house in Kibbutz Beeri"

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