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‘It was a really beautiful moment’: University of Florida student reacts to her friend being freed from Hamas
“I’m so glad you’re okay and home,” shared UF student, Lauren Robbins. Robbins is relieved that her friend, 19-year-old Liri Albag is free after being held hostage by Hamas, and emotions are running high in Israel and right here in Gainesville.
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Florida hotel discriminated against Arab American group after Hamas attack, DOJ says
Handberg for the Middle District of Florida said in a statement. "The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District will continue to hold places of public accommodation accountable to ensure that the civil rights of all people are protected." The Arab ...
Hamas agreed to cease-fire because any deal would be worse under Trump, incoming WH national security adviser says
Clearly, the entire world recognizes that this was the Trump effect,” said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), who will serve as Trump’s principal adviser on all national security issues.
Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months
Under the deal that paused the 15-month war, Israel would release 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees in exchange for the four Israeli women, including 120 combatants serving life sentences after being convicted of deadly attacks.
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Survivors speak in North Miami Beach on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Many across the globe and in South Florida are remembering the lives lost during the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Ron DeSantis not sold on fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire proposal
How the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will unfold — and why it its so precarious
Throughout the war, the Israeli military had barred Palestinians from returning to the north by severing Gaza along the Netzarim corridor, a belt that runs east to west across the strip where troops cleared out the Palestinian population and set up bases.
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Hamas’ rule in Gaza has been disastrous for both Arabs and Israelis
Florida father hopes son taken hostage by Hamas will be released as part of ceasefire
The possible return of Sagui Dekel-Chen comes as Israelis and Palestinians across Tampa Bay react to the hostage-prisoner exchange.
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Mike Waltz says Donald Trump team still ‘very optimistic’ about Israel-Hamas ceasefire
A Florida Congressman who is set to be the next National Security Adviser to President-elect Donald Trump is still bullish on a ceasefire deal with Hamas that Israel’s government may not approve.
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Trump says mass deportations will happen quickly, stresses importance of Israel-Hamas deal in wide-ranging NBC News interview
President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.
Florida hotel discriminated against Arab American group after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack against Israel, DOJ says
A Florida hotel owner reached an agreement with the DOJ, which accused the hotel of discrimination after it canceled a planned conference for an Arab American group.
Florida lawmakers rebuke Gov. DeSantis' call for special session
Unexpected, unprecedented and unbelievable were just a few words that were uttered Monday inside the Florida Capitol after state lawmakers rejected the governor's special session on immigration and created one of their own.
Israelis brace to learn the fate of Hamas' youngest hostage, taken captive as a baby
TEL AVIV — On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy clutching a pink elephant. And now the country is bracing to learn Kfir Bibas’ fate.