Kidnapping and Hostages – Page 19

A Plan to Defeat Hamas and Avoid a Bloodbath

A former Israeli prime minister sketches a plausible path to victory.

“I don’t stop crying. I’m crying for my parents … I’m crying for the victims on the Palestinian side.”

The latest from the Israel-Hamas war. Weekday afternoons with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and Times journalists on the ground.

Yocheved Lifshitz, a grandmother and Israeli peace activist, was kidnapped, beaten and held in tunnels built by Hamas for 17 days.

Yocheved Lifshitz offered the first public account to emerge from the more than 200 hostages estimated to be held in Gaza.