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The Bibas family became a symbol of the hostage crisis in Israel, with widespread public campaigns calling for their safe return.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Kfir was the youngest of about 250 people taken captive on Oct. 7, and his plight quickly came to represent the helplessness and anger over the hostage crisis in Israel, where the Bibas family has become a household name.
—Mohammad Jahjouh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
However, Carter was ultimately and definitively undone by the hostage crisis in Iran.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
Everything that happened after the speech — from persistent inflation to the Iranian hostage crisis — wiped away any warm feelings the voters had.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Kfir was the youngest of about 250 people taken captive on Oct. 7, and his plight quickly came to represent the helplessness and anger over the hostage crisis in Israel, where the Bibas family has become a household name.
—Mohammad Jahjouh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
However, Carter was ultimately and definitively undone by the hostage crisis in Iran.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
Everything that happened after the speech — from persistent inflation to the Iranian hostage crisis — wiped away any warm feelings the voters had.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hostage crisis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostage%20crisis. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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