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    The US hostages that won’t be released in Hamas prisoner swap

    by Josh Marcus Nov 23, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    As many as 50 hostages taken by Hamas could return to their families beginning on Friday in a prisoner swap deal that, along with an initial four-day ceasefire, represents the biggest diplomatic and humanitarian breakthrough in a conflict that has claimed over 15,000 lives in Israel and Gaza over the past month and a half.

    But for Jonathan Dekel-Chen, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem history professor, the wait for his hoped-for reunion is set to go on. His son Sagui,

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