Ilana Gritzewsky recounted being beaten, sexually abused, and kept under constant watch for 55 days, losing 12 kilograms, and urged the UN to act for her partner Matan and the 50 hostages still held in Gaza

Sources who were present at Lapid's and the hostage families' meeting with representatives of Qatar, set up by Jay Footlik, told Haaretz it was coordinated 'overnight' and helped the families prepare for the signing of the cease-fire and hostage deal in January

Anti-Soros sentiment has become a defining trait of the GOP in recent years. Trump tapped as a top White House official an activist who led a campaign of conservative Jewish Americans against Soros; Soros' foundation, in response, labeled the accusation as 'outrageous and false'