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In a 236-page report published Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said Hamas and at least four other Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes by killing, torturing, taking hostages, looting and committing crimes involving sexual and gender-based violence during their attack on Israel. CBC | World News
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4 hostages kidnapped at music festival in Israel on Oct. 7 rescued, military says
Israeli forces rescued four hostages during a raid in Gaza on Saturday, according to the country’s military. Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, have been taken to a hospital for medical checks. CBC | World News
Read More »Families release footage of 5 female Israeli army conscripts taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7
Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. CBC | World News
Read More »After Oct. 7, this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day carries heavier weight for many Jews
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Read More »Israel’s head of military intelligence to resign over failures leading to Oct. 7 attacks
The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, has resigned, the military said in a statement on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Testimonies from Oct. 7 attack on Israel are now part of Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust archive
A young woman who watched her boyfriend die as she hid behind a dumpster; a former hostage who spent 55 days in captivity; a grandmother who lost two generations of her family. Stories like theirs have been shared around the world since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of Oct. 7 but are now being preserved for posterity by a foundation ...
Read More »UN finds ‘convincing information’ backing reports Hamas and other militants raped women on Oct. 7
The UN envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict says in a new report that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas and other armed groups committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its attack in Israel on Oct. 7. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Israeli claims of UN bias have ramped up since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks
Accusations of UN bias against Israel are nothing new but have ramped up following the Oct. 7 Hamas-led deadly attacks on Israel, with some observers suggesting the country’s relationship with the body may be at one of its lowest points. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada to send $40M in aid to Gaza after UNRWA funding paused over allegations staff involved in Oct. 7 attack
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Read More »UN relief agency investigating staff possibly involved in Oct. 7 Israel attacks
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas-led militants, and that it had severed ties with those staff members. CBC | World News
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