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2025-01-20 13:20:57 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6316FC1FE78A8AB8993E07DAAE861F4EC1E7E34A736A3313F7DFA40B03F8541C
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While being widely reported as “gift bags”, these brown bags were anything but gifts. They contained “certificates of release”, photos of the hostages in captivity, as well as necklaces that the hostages were forced to wear against their will. https://nypost.com/2025/01/19/world-news/freed-israeli-hostages-given-gift-bags-by-hamas-in-horrific-commemoration-of-their-captivity/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14302663/Hostages-Emily-Damari-Doron-Steinbrecher-Romi-Gonen-forced-wear-Palestinian-flag-necklaces-Hamas-gift-bags.html https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-838279
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