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Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 254?

Knesset prolongs reservist service extension • Firefighters combat blazes in North • US sanctions group blocking Gaza aid

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen in the Gaza Strip, June 16, 2024 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen in the Gaza Strip, June 16, 2024
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Months after her release: Freed Israeli hostage still faces nightmares, sees images of captors

Returning has been "closing my eyes and seeing my captors still in front of me. It's endless longing for my mother, my heroic brother, and friends I will never see again," she added.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Aviv Asher, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz Asher, 4.5 years old, and mother Doron, react as they step off an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after their arrival in Israel on November 24, after being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. (photo credit: VIA REUTERS)
Aviv Asher, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz Asher, 4.5 years old, and mother Doron, react as they step off an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after their arrival in Israel on November 24, after being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
(photo credit: VIA REUTERS)

Almost seven months after she and her daughters returned from Hamas captivity, Doron Katz Asher explained the struggles of continuing with daily life after being held captive in a Saturday Facebook post.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 120 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 43 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says