London (AP) -Arbel Yehoud is freely approaching, but her face is a study of shadows and fear. She is War on the Hamas fighter masked dozens of people. Beyond that, it is a fierce mob of a Chan singing man surrounding her and filling the frame. Next, YEHOUD looks up at her POW and petitions. But video They suggest that they are at the end, and they cannot barely control the people who safely hinder YEHOUD dashes. Suspension contract。
I cut it into photos of her friends and family in Israel and watch the handover live. Yehoud makes it in the waiting car and then goes to Israel。 We queue the image of the government of reunion with her parents.
The visuals of Israel and Gaza, in recent hostage prisoners swaps, were part of the optical battle choreographed in parallel with the 16 -month terrestrial war between Israel and Hamas. Each side uses the light and shadow of the image to make it look like a noble and stronger. It is a propaganda. But some images also talk about the truth. For example, the turmoil during the release of YEHOUD in Gaza on Thursday reflects the vulnerability of the ceasefire trading that came into effect on January 19.
Israel’s Aber Ehoud (29 years old), which had been hosted by Gaza’s hamas since October 7, 2023, was handed over to the red cross cross cross in the southern Gaza district in the southern Gaza area, and was escorted by Hamas and Islamed Hard Fighters. It is done. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
On Thursday, January 30, 2025, you will be greeted when a Palestinian prisoner arrives after being released from Israel Prison in the city of Lamarer on the west bank of the Jordan River. (AP PHOTO/NASSER NASSER)
“All of these were photographed and shared intentionally,” said Danielgilbert, a hostage taking specialist at the University of Northwestern. “Social scientists talk about the collapse of compassion. The audience takes more attention and takes risks to recover or help individual victims.”
Throughout history, both sides of the hostage stand -off and Paully lease tried to use the Light -shaped form of those in the breeding people by focusing on the names, faces, families, and conditions of POWs. Even in war, branding is a powerful power.
The proof of life or the lack of it will inject urgency into negotiations
Since at least in 1932, since the invitation of Charles Lindberg’s baby’s son’s invitation N, the image of a hostage has been a very important factor in negotiations because it has been charging intense emotional charging.
For example, we can’t have UNSEE Image of American who is tied up and blindfolded He was taken prisoner in Iran in 1979. Or, before his Islamic extremist prisoners kill him in 2002, the photos of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the photos that hold the signs of life, or Masked Arab commando, In 1972, he was caught in black and white on the balcony of a building in the Munich Olympic village. Inside, a group of Palestine, called Black September, killed 11 Israeli team members.
One of the hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, which was blindfolded and tied up, was shown to the crowd on November 8, 1979 by Iranian students (AP photo).
The members of the Arab Commando Group, who seized members of the Olympic team in Israeli in the dormitory, have a food on his face on a balcony in a village building that holds a member of the Munich Olympic Village Israeli Team It appears. September 5, 1972. A historian panel, established to review the 1972 attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics, re -evaluates what happened before, in the event of Tuesday 50 years ago. The German government said that it was starting a mission. 。 (AP Photo/KURT STRUMPF, file)
Israeled Hamas media duel was greatly unfolded in social media, exploding the moment thousands of Hamas fighters defeated Israeli borders. October 7, 2023Kill 1,200 people and drag about 250 to Gaza. The cameras fixed to the extremists and the telephone involved by the Israelites reported the trauma of a substitute or secondary trauma, only by some viewers. I captured the killing and accommodation facilities in such details. 。
Billion of US dollar and Other assistance At least partially influenced public opinion,have Fluctuation Above course of Conflict。 Anti -Israel’s protests have intensified all over the world, and there has been a fake information about the soaring anti -Semitism and the spread of disputes. Last year, International Criminal Court A warrant to be issued Former Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Minister of Defense, and Hamas’s decinor, have blamed them in humanitarian crimes related to the Gaza War. Israeli leader who fought I vowed to fight the claim。
Israel used an image to claim that it was Hamas that committed a crime against mankind. Within one month of the attack, the Army edited the most terrifying moment of the Hamas attack. English “Bearing Witnesses” and “Fear Movies” in Hebrew。 The Israeli government invited some journalists, diplomats, and Hollywood executives when they were screened in some countries.
In Tel Aviv, the briefing of the movie came as Israel Cut out important supplies to Gaza Strip and I hit the territory with an airstrike。 The film provided some kind of justification for the intense tactics of Israel.
Strong, chaos, smile sight
Since the beginning of the ceasefire, Hamas has changed the round of the hostage to be set on a hostage with a large crowd, flag, and smile. For extremists, this is the opportunity to show off the fighting power and the continuous control of Gaza after a fierce battle for 15 months. According to local health authorities, at least 47,000 people have been killed by bombardment of Israel’s flying spots, and almost all of Gaza’s population has been evacuated. Destruction is quiet under the ceasefire, but Gaza people can hardly return after the bombing has reduced most of the territory to tile RUB.
A hostage image led by the crowd On Thursday, we raised the question of whether Hamas was really controlling. Netanyahu blamed the “shocking scene” and called on international mediation to ensure hostage safety in future release.
The hostage release on Saturday progressed smoothly, providing a powerful evidence that Hamas is in charge, and the images of mobile phones expressed more stories.
Hamas read the certificate as the “release order” while riding the three hostages in Israel. Prior to the third release, seven masked men were on the stage displayed in a photo of the dead Hamas leader and the photos of “Zionism will not win.”
The American Israeled hostage Keith Siegel, 65, and the center left on February 1, 2025, are handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, and is escorted by Hamas fighters.
As part of Israel Hamas, a broadcast released from Hamas POWs from Carmay Gats and Carmay Gats in southern Israel, is a hostage of a hostage of a hostage of the Israelites. A hostage’s hostage friend responded. Suspension contract. (AP photo/Ariel Charite)
Beyond the border, the TV station in Israel shot an emotional reunion. Family and friends release their loved ones on live TV, and they often change their tears from nervous and quiet cheers.
“He is there!” Shouted to Keith Sigel’s wife and watched the TV screen when he was released. The government follows up photos and videos of former Captes, who has been trauma to meet their families directly, and repeats the loops on a loop on Israeli TV for hours and sheds tears.
These scenes are just the beginning Long and difficult road to recovery For hostages and family. However, the enthusiastic moment is that the goal of the war is to bring back the hostage to the house, which is useful for the purpose of the country where the Israelites split violently at their returning pace. Many hostage families have accused Netanyahu that he had extended the war for his own political survival.
In this dispute, the lack of images also talks about the story.
The 35 -year -old Yarden Vivas was one of the three hostages released on Saturday with a full choreography. But there was nothing about his family’s fate. Their invitation, shot by Hamas, became a symbol of the cruelty of the siege. Among them, Siri Vivas grasps her two red -haired sons, Ariel, 3, Kuffill, 9 months, and 9 months, as Hamas fighter surrounds her.
In November 2023, Hamas released a video of the boy’s father, Yarden, and cried with a camera when his family was dead. Israel has not confirmed their condition. On Saturday, Israel aired the video of Jalden in Israel, closed his eyes and seemed tired, and stepped into the arms of his waiting family.
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AP communication writer Joseph Feddaman has contributed from Jerusalem.
