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Israel’s Hostage Families Feel Abandoned by Israel
Like nearly everyone in Israel, Maayan Zin awoke early on Oct. 7 to the blaring sound of air raid sirens. She got out of bed in her apartment in central Israel and checked the news. Seeing that thousands of missiles were being fired from Gaza, she texted …