1 years ago / 4:01 AM EST

Palestinian student paralyzed in Vermont shooting is released from hospital to applause

Hisham Awartani, who was paralyzed from the chest down after he and two other Palestinian college students were shot over Thanksgiving weekend in Vermont, was released from a hospital yesterday to rousing applause.

In a video shared by his family, Awartani, 20, was strapped to a medical stretcher and covered by a red blanket as he waved to onlookers standing in a hallway at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

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1 years ago / 4:01 AM EST

IDF troops on the ground in Khan Younis

Max Butterworth

This picture released by the Israeli army shows troops on the ground in the heart of southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis this morning, where the suspected mastermind of the Hamas attacks is believed to be hiding.

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