Kramer said that the American-born Beinin family are distant relatives, and that he and his brother, Lance Kramer, one of the film’s producers, had spent time with them in Israel years before the war.

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More now on hostage Hisham al-Sayed, who was released earlier today by Hamas during a private handover after being held in ...