Sofia Hou is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in San Salvador. Contact this reporter at sofia@almostmag.co.
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“We are getting all the hostages [back] as bodies. They are dying. They are dying in bombings, failed rescue operations and from our forces’ fire even when they succeed in escaping.”
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In one video, an Israeli soldier is seen standing on the pulpit, singing a song in Hebrew through a microphone while another soldier filming laughs.
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An Israeli missile injured Wael Dahdouh and his cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who died after medical teams were unable to reach him due to Israeli fire.
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Spanish-owned fashion brand, Zara, has apologized after it shared a new campaign that resembled scenes of destruction in Gaza following heavy online backlash that it was insensitive.
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The video has been widely reshared by several prominent accounts, gaining more than 31 million views on @eye.on.palestine and more than 11.1 million views on the Instagram of Bisan Owda, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza.
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A video shared by both Israeli and Palestinian journalists, showed Israeli soldiers cheering at an explosion at a UN-run school in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
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Mia Leimberg, her Shih Tzu Bella and members of her family were part of the about 100 hostages taken by Hamas during its surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
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Ahead of the conference, the BBC reported it had uncovered messages that showed the UAE was planning to use hosting COP28 to make oil deals with at least 15 other countries.
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At least 32 Thai nationals, who came from poorer regions in Thailand to work in Israel to earn higher wages, were captured after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
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In the videos, Israelis wear makeup that thickens their eyebrows and blackens their teeth, as well as headscarves and keffiyehs, and dance to the song “This Was My Home”.
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22-year-old Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested in recent Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank is one of the prisoners released as part of a deal for a brief pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas.