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    'Bring them home': As the battle for Gaza rages, hostage families wait with trepidation

    by Danica Kirka and Sam McNeil Nov 17, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Abbey Onn lost her aunt and a young cousin when Hamas attackers rampaged through Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Now Onn is worried about what will happen to three other family members taken hostage that day as Israel pounds Gaza City in a bid to end Hamas’ control of the Gaza Strip.

    She wants the world to remember that Ofer Kalderon and his children Sahar, 16, and Erez, 12, are caught in the crossfire.

    “As long as they are hostage, we’re all hostage," Onn says. “And we need them home so that whatever is happening there can be solved. I don’t think it’s a simple solution, but

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