The News Not Noise Letter: Hamas Releases First Hostage Video

A 21-year-old Israeli pleads to come home. Plus: President Biden’s high-stakes trip, and Gaza on the brink.

Hamas released footage today of 21-year-old Maya Sham, a French-Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza after she was abducted from the music festival in southern Israel.

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The war with Israel and Hamas is filled with horrors at every turn. It’s unfolding in a region divided by ancient ri…