the palestinian group islamic jihad released videos of hostages it claims to hold. stills show hanna katsir, a woman in her 70s, sitting in a wheelchair. the second hostage is a teenage boy. both hostages sharply criticise israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu but it is not clear if they are reading from a script. the israeli army called the video psychological terrorism. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading. drawing on countries like yemen. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netany