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MELANIE LIDMAN

Reporter

Lidman is an Associated Press reporter based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ronen Bar, chief of Israel's domestic Shin Bet security agency, attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool photo via AP, File)
Netanyahu seeks to dismiss Israel’s internal security chief as power struggle boils over
 
Displaced Palestinians live in a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water
 
People watch a live broadcast from the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, at a plaza known as the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israelis bid farewell to Shiri Bibas and her 2 young sons killed in captivity in Gaza
 
Yael Alexander holds a poster of her son, Edan, who was taken hostage by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, during a weekly rally for families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and their supporters, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
The nightmare drags on for the families of hostages who remain in Gaza
 
A woman mourns in a memorial for deceased hostages Shiri Bibas, her two children, Ariel and Kfir and Oded Lifshitz at 'Hostages Square', where Israelis are gathering while waiting for the release of six hostages in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Hamas to free 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza Strip in latest step of ceasefire
 
Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Israel refuses entry to 2 EU lawmakers and accuses 1 of promoting boycotts of it
 
Family members waiting for the release of Palestinian prisoners follow developments early Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after receiving news that Israel has delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners scheduled for Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, citing ‘humiliating’ handovers of hostages
 
This combination of images provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi and Itzik Elgarat, who all were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
Who are the hostages released by Hamas?
 
A militant stands next to coffins containing the bodies of four people on a stage in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, before they are handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Israel has identified three of the bodies as hostages and said the other was of an unknown person. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourning two young brothers, the Bibas family of Israel awaits fate of their mother
 
Border police salute as a convoy carrying the remains of four people arrives at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Hamas handed over the bodies in Gaza, three of which Israel has identified as hostages, and said the other was of an unknown person. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says another body from Hamas was not their mother
 
A destroyed mosque, caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, is seen in the town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Israel’s ceasefires with Hezbollah and Hamas are both in doubt again
 
Israeli hostages Iair Horn, 46, left, Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, center left, and Alexander Troufanov, 29, right, are escorted by Hamas and islamic Jihad fighters as they are handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange as ceasefire’s first phase has just 2 weeks left
 
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, hold photos depicting their faces during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel
 
Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip protest outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. after Hamas announced it would delay a planned hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Relatives of Israeli hostages are terrified as the Gaza ceasefire teeters
 
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hamas says it will delay the release of more hostages, putting Gaza ceasefire at risk
 
American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, center left, waves as he is escorted by Hamas fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Saturday Feb.1, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar, File)
‘What can I do to bring the others home?’ Hostages freed from Hamas captivity vow all must return
 
FILE -Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky poses for a portrait in her apartment in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Dec. 15, 2024, near photos of her boyfriend, Matan Zangauker, who is being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov), File)
After the initial ecstasy of freedom, released hostages face a long road to recovery
 
In this photo released by Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv, Thai Ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, left, welcomes Watchara Sriaoun, center, one of Thai hostages who were freed from Hamas, as he arrives in Israel, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv via AP)
Israeli doctors say five released Thai hostages in ‘fair’ health after 15 months of captivity
 
A woman lights candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Trump invites Israel’s Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House next week
 
Igor Abramovich surveys heavy damage to a house from the 14-month war between Hezbollah and Israel in Kibbutz Manara, on the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A destroyed Israeli kibbutz on the Lebanese border starts to pick up the pieces. Who will return?
 
Holocaust survivor Naftali Fürst pauses during an interview at home in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
 
Manual Aslim walks through the rubble of her destroyed home, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, days after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israel’s top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures, adding to pressure on Netanyahu
 
A display of yellow chairs representing hostages held in the Gaza Strip, and a banner reading "now!" in Hebrew, are seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the first day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as three hostages are set to be released from captivity, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Who are the hostages freed by Hamas as part of the ceasefire in Gaza?
 
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the minister of national security in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, attends a weekly cabinet meeting on Jan. 3, 2023, in Jerusalem. (Atef Safadi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who resigned from Netanyahu’s Cabinet?
 
Demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest calling for their immediate release in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
As ceasefire takes hold, Hamas returns 3 Israeli hostages and Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners
 
A view of a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
What to know about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
 
Balloons are released to mark the second birthday of hostage Kfir Bibas as demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest calling for their immediate release in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Netanyahu says Israel has retained ‘right to return to fighting if needed’
 
An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past graffiti portraits of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, in Jerusalem, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
Israel prepares for hostages’ return with scant knowledge of their condition
 
Yifat Zailer, whose cousin Shiri Bibas and Bibas' husband and sons were taken hostage by Hamas militants, weeps during an interview at her home in Herziliyya, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Gaza truce gives Israelis and Palestinians hope but may not end their suffering
 
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold photos of their loved ones during a protest calling for their return, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Body of an Israeli hostage is found in Gaza, possibly alongside his son’s remains, army says
 
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