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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Peppered with leading questions about communist associations as screams echo in the halls outside the interrogation room, a distraught Eunice offers nothing to her captors.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
During those months, thousands more Palestinians were killed, and at least six hostages were executed by their captors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Some were accidentally killed by Israeli forces, others by their Hamas captors as troops closed in.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
In December 2023, the military said its soldiers had mistakenly shot and killed three hostages who fled their captors in Gaza: Yotam Haim, 28, and Alon Shamriz, 26, who were taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza; and Samer Talalka, 24, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Am while at work.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
During those months, thousands more Palestinians were killed, and at least six hostages were executed by their captors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Some were accidentally killed by Israeli forces, others by their Hamas captors as troops closed in.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
In December 2023, the military said its soldiers had mistakenly shot and killed three hostages who fled their captors in Gaza: Yotam Haim, 28, and Alon Shamriz, 26, who were taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza; and Samer Talalka, 24, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Am while at work.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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