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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Anne-Sophie LABADIE

Hostages' Plight Casts Pall Over Israel's Independence Day

An Israeli soldier mourns at a memorial for people taken hostage or killed in Hamas's attack on the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023, at the site of the festival near Reim, southern Israel (Credit: AFP)

On Israel's 76th Independence Day, victory feels far away for many agonising over the fate of dozens of hostages still held in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

"On one side we're still here, my daughters are still here, my family's still here, and Israel is still here," said Lishay Lavi Miran, from the Nir Oz kibbutz community, less than a kilometre (0.62 miles) from the Gaza border.

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