May 14, 2024 — Tel Aviv (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. "But it's not really independence because... Omri is over there," added the 39-year-old, referring to her husband who was kidnapped and taken to the Palestinian territory on...
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