{"id":1538,"date":"2026-02-10T05:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:15:49","slug":"june-17-2024-israel-gaza-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1538","title":{"rendered":"June 17, 2024 &#8211; Israel-Gaza news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-70c56596d1e4e7d1068a4f8c2075fc03@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two Israeli hostage survivors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2023\/12\/world\/hostage-israel-hamas-deal-dg\/\" target=\"_blank\">who were held by militant groups<\/a> in Gaza for weeks shared their horrific stories while in captivity, according to a news release from the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters on Monday.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-ceffce285a337aca9f4294624f6ec136@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Danielle Aloni, who was held hostage for 49 days along with her five-year-old daughter Amelia, said they were taken into tunnels after being snatched following Hamas attack on Israel in October 7.\n    <\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/pull-quote\/instances\/pull-quote-a8d58157d81bcfc9ca45e1f9750e3f57@published\" data-component-name=\"pull-quote\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"pull-quote_block-quote vossi-pull-quote_block-quote inline-placeholder\">\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-sig-quote-default\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9.277 6l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 4.236v.016h3.569v7.781H4v-6.103l.006-.02C4.037 10.014 6.287 6.874 9.276 6zm9.079 0l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 4.236v.016h3.569v7.78h-7.782v-6.102l.006-.02c.031-2.833 2.281-5.973 5.27-6.847z\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\" pull-quote_block-quote__section vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__section\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"pull-quote_block-quote__text  vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__text inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\">\n                    \u201cI have a vague memory of what happened from the moment they snatched my niece from my hands until we reached the entrance of the tunnels and a 30-meter ladder down. I\u2019ve already told this and I have nothing to be ashamed of \u2014 the terrorist who was waiting for me in the tunnel as I descended the ladder grabbed my jewelry and tore it off me; he groped and grabbed me in intimate places in the most humiliating way in front of my daughter and I kept quiet out of fear,\u201d Aloni said.\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-73cf82522952152234c67c54f39c593e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She said they were afraid of many things: \u201cthat they would shoot us, that they would get tired of us, that they would lose patience as the days went on.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-9776bcacbd982b3186edf8881031d273@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOne day, one of our guards came in armed with a weapon and sat between us \u2014 what does that mean? That they\u2019re afraid of an IDF rescue operation? \u201cshe added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-e72198b2fdc4b93591d7dd76d01c2272@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Aloni and Amelia were among the Israeli hostages released last November in a hostage for Palestinian prisoner exchange deal.\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2cf3f49f68292847462ba34da623422e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to think about the day after, when everyone returns, because the long-awaited day isn\u2019t coming,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-d23840dbe5630ebb2245be6fb934ab9e@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6675\" data-original-height=\"1068\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1068\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_480,c_fill\"><source height=\"1068\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\"><source height=\"1068\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_960,c_fill\"><source height=\"1068\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_480,c_fill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9da8b69c-f941-40eb-98d2-e8bb96e7b9e5.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"Luis Har, left, is greeted by relatives after being rescued from captivity in Gaza, at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, February 12.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1068\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-d132882db61ddb6855df77d869e8e328@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hostage survivor Luis Har recounted his rescue after 129 days in captivity. Har was rescued in February in an early morning raid in which the Israeli military carried out airstrikes that local officials said killed around 100 people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-bda41218dd8ed90a54112c4c7386a4d4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSuddenly, there was a huge explosion. I rolled towards the door and then they called out to me, \u201cLuis, over here!\u201d I crawled on all fours, and someone grabbed my head and leg and shouted, \u201cLuis, IDF, IDF, we\u2019ve come to take you home.\u201d From that moment, all the worries and fears disappeared,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-aeeffce98623d09f5869fe5c574f17a9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel and Hamas are at war, after the Palestinian militant group launched a surprise cross-border attack from Gaza on October 7, killing\u00a0around 1,200\u00a0people and taking more than 250\u00a0hostages.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-06-17-24\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Israeli hostage survivors who were held by militant groups in Gaza for weeks shared their horrific stories while in captivity, according to a news release&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}