Captivity survivors and families of hostages held by Hamas delivered powerful video testimonies yesterday at the UN Human Rights Council’s 58th session, urging immediate international action to secure their loved ones’ release. “I am here to bear witness firsthand: my friends who remain in captivity are enduring suffering beyond belief. No stretch of the imagination can capture the horror of their daily reality.” - Doron Steinbrecher | Bring Them Home Now

A Bethany Home survivor - who has found her birth mother still alive at the age of 103 - hopes to be reunited with her in the coming weeks. Eileen Macken says the discovery means the world to her, after decades of searching. | RTÉ News