Details of the horrors endured by hostages in captivity:

Avinatan Or was held in central Gaza in extremely harsh conditions. He was systematically starved - losing between 30% and 40% of his body weight, according to an initial medical report.

For two years, he did not see another hostage and knew almost nothing about what had happened in Israel since October 7.

When he reunited with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani, he asked his family for a moment alone with her. It was then, for the first time, that he heard from Noa how she had been rescued. Gali and Zivi Berman, twin siblings, were held separately. They said that for a long time they were completely cut off from the outside world. Recently, they began to hear the sounds of the IDF operating near where they were being held.

The twins said some of their captors spoke to them in Hebrew. There were long stretches of hunger and deprivation, broken only by short periods when a little more food was available.

These are the 6 hostages being released this Saturday 🧵

Eliya Cohen (27) is a resident of Tzur Hadassah and has three younger sisters. Known for his zest for life, love of travel, and fondness for people, he worked in marketing and real estate after a career as an event producer. On October 7th, Eliya attended the Nova nature party with his fiancée Ziv Abud, her nephew Amit, and Amit's girlfriend Karin. During the attack, while fleeing to a shelter, Amit and Karin were murdered. Ziv survived by hiding beneath their bodies, while Eliya was taken captive. Tal Shoham (40) is a resident of Ma'ale Tzviya who previously lived in Be'eri, where he managed a team at the kibbutz's printing house. Known for his dedication to peace, family, and community, he volunteers with Magen David Adom (MDA), trains dogs, and develops economic forecasting software. On October 7th, he was kidnapped alongside his wife Adi, their children Nave (8) and Yahel (3), his mother-in-law Dr. Shoshan Haran, Adi's aunt Sharon Avigdori, and her daughter Noam (12). Three other family members were murdered. The women and children from the family were released during the November hostage deal after 50 days in captivity.

The Washington Post reports that a “framework is agreed” for a hostage release and truce deal and the parties are now “negotiating details of how it will be implemented.”

Although the framework is in place, a final agreement isn’t imminent and it will take time to work through all the details.

Key details in this thread 🧵 The agreement is laid out in three stages:

Phase 1 - A six-week cease-fire, during which Hamas would release 33 Israeli hostages, including all female prisoners, all men over 50 and all who are wounded. Israel would release hundreds of Palestinians from its prisons and withdraw its troops from densely populated areas toward the eastern border of Gaza. Humanitarian aid would flow in, hospitals would be repaired, and crews would begin clearing the rubble.

Phase 2 - Hamas would release the male soldiers who remain as hostages and both sides would agree to a “permanent end to hostilities” with “a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.”

Phase 3 - A multi-year reconstruction plan for Gaza.

Hamas's Charter explicitly speaks about killing all Jews.

But here's @briebriejoy to tell us that in fact Hamas don't mean what they write and what they publicly declare.

Briahna: "When Hamas is talking about eliminating Israel, it's not talking about killing all of the Jews."

Let's look to some examples 🧵 Senior Hamas official Fathi Hammad: “There are Jews everywhere. We must attack every Jew on planet earth - we must slaughter and kill them.”

cc: @briebriejoy

Relatives of former hostages share sickening stories of their treatment by Hamas.

Brothers, Yagil and Or, ages 12 and 16, were drugged. “Hamas took the leg of each child and stuck it in on a motorcycle tail pipe to make a mark in case they escape, so they could find them.” Mia Schem, who was shot in the hand by Hamas, was operated on by a veterinarian.

🧵#OTD - Aug 9, 2001 - a Palestinian suicide bomber walked into the Sbarro pizzeria in central #Jerusalem at lunchtime and murdered 15 civilians, including 7 children, and injured 130 others.

The bomb was packed with nails, nuts, and bolts in order to maximize casualties. We remember:
🕯️Giora Balash, 60
🕯️Zvika Golombek, 26
🕯️Shoshana Yehudit Greenbaum, 31
🕯️Tehila Maoz, 18
🕯️Frieda Mendelsohn, 62
🕯️Michal Raziel, 16
🕯️Malka Roth, 15
🕯️Mordechai Schijveschuurder, 43
🕯️Tzira Schijveschuurder, 41
🕯️Ra'aya Schijveschuurder, 14

Squad members @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib & @AOC have spoken out fiercely following the tragic death of Shireen Abu Akleh.

Will they speak equally fiercely about American Jews murdered by Palestinian terrorists and oppose the PA pay to slay program?

A🧵of victims from last 10 yrs A rocket fired by terrorists from Gaza killed Menachem Prezuazman, 21, a dual American-Israeli citizen, as he was running for shelter.

May 5, 2019
Ashdod, Israel

1. Israel should not cooperate with the UN special commission investigating the May 2021 fighting between #Israel & #Hamas in Gaza. A thread ⬇️ 2. The @UN has a long and shameful record of anti-Israel bias. Israel should not subject itself to a kangaroo court that is probing alleged violations of international human rights law with the goal of collecting evidence that could lead to legal action.

👉Thread on @amnesty branding Israel an “apartheid” state. The 211-page report amounts to a malicious effort to undermine Israel’s legitimacy and embolden those who wish to see the world’s only Jewish state destroyed. Here’s how #AmnestyLies
1/8 Amnesty traces Israel’s alleged crimes back to 1948 when the State was founded. To be perfectly clear, the assertion that Israel was born and lives in sin is a thinly veiled effort to question Israel’s legitimate right to exist.
2/8

Tensions are running high in Jerusalem and #SheikhJarrah is trending. Be sure to read up before accepting oversimplified explanations. Thread.👇 Sheikh Jarrah is an east Jerusalem neighborhood making headlines. There is a long-running legal case involving the homes of 4 Palestinian families on land claimed by Jewish Israelis, set to be heard by Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday.

It’s the end of another week, and what a week it’s been. #ShabbatShalom friends!

We opened the archives and discovered #BernieSandersMittens at pivotal moments in Israel’s history. How many of these events can you identify?

A #Passover parable for our times. The Torah speaks of 4 kinds of people who use Zoom:

The Wise
The Wicked
The Simple
The One Who Does Not Know How to “Mute” The Wise Person says: “I’ll handle the admin feature controls and chat rooms, and forward the Cloud recording transcript after the call.”

📣 @Israel is 71 and pretty outstanding, so let’s do a little boasting!
🇮🇱 When Israel was established in 1948, there were 806,000 Israelis
📈 Today, there are 9.021 million Israelis – 11 times more than in 1948
👩🏻👩🏽74.2% are Jews & 21% are Muslim or Christian Arabs Israel is Young! 👶🏻👶🏽
🍼Citizens ages 0-20 make up 43% of Israel’s population
#Israel71