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Families of hostages with British links held by Hamas in Gaza on Monday warned that Israel’s escalation of hostilities with Hezbollah could distract from their loved ones being freed. Sharone Lifschitz, whose parents were taken hostage during Hamas’s attack on Israel last year, warned that an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon would “take away” the focus from the remaining hostages. Her mother, Yocheved, was released, but father Oded, 84, remains in captivity. Next week marks one year since Hamas’s attack resulted in 1,205 deaths and 251 people taken hostage, with 97 still held in Gaza, includ…

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