A race against time: Critically ill hostages believed to be the next released
With the intensification of hostage deal negotiations, mediators have focused on elderly and critically ill individual.
A woman casts a shadow as she walks past a banner calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 5, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)ByDR. ITAY GALUpdated: