'Without a hostage deal, we're condemning Israel to be a wounded country for generations'

Dr. Amir Blumenfeld, the former head of the IDF Medical Corps' trauma department, who currently advises the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, is tracking all the signs and indications that might shed light on the conditions of the hostages. The team he is a member of has published several reports about their medical conditions, based on statements by released hostages and analysis of videos and pictures published by Hamas.

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'Without a hostage deal, we're condemning Israel to be a wounded country for generations'

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