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US Confident At Least One Citizen Among Next Hostage Release
Additional humanitarian aid making its way to Gaza Strip
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Hamas releases new group of hostages
Four foreigners and 13 Israelis were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross
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Hamas Says Next Hostage Release to Israel Is Back On After Delay
Militant group accused Israel of violating terms of cease-fire
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Israel will remain in Gaza until all hostages return - IDF chief
Halevi noted that the Israeli military is using the four-day truce in Gaza to "learn, prepare ourselves and our capabilities better" ahead of the continued fighting.
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Hamas Releases 24 Hostages After Israel Truce Deal
Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks
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25 hostages, including a two-year-old, released by Hamas during four-day truce with Israel
Twenty-five hostages were released by Hamas on Friday, including a child as young as two, at the start of a four-day truce with Israel.
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Inside the 'excruciating' work of a secret US cell that secured the release of 50 hostages
Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire deal for at least four days in exchange for the release of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners in Israel.
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Israel-Hamas hostage deal delayed
US officials involved in negotiations say the two sides are still working out “final logistical details”
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Israel approves hostage deal with Hamas – media
The ceasefire is expected to last at least four days, unless the Supreme Court blocks the agreement
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Israel and Hamas agree deal for release of some hostages and four-day ceasefire
Fifty Israeli hostages held in Gaza will be freed over four days in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a lull in Israeli military operations
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US says Israel hostage deal 'closer than ever'
A deal to release hostages taken from Israel during Hamas's attacks last month is "closer than ever before", according to a senior US official.
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Israel says CCTV shows hostages at Gaza hospital
The Israeli military has released footage which it says shows hostages being taken into Gaza's largest hospital after the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October.
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Bowen: Ceasefire demands will grow without proof of Hamas HQ at Al-Shifa
It is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing their search for evidence of this being a key Hamas command centre.
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South African ruling party backs cutting ties with Israel
The African National Congress said it could not support the “genocidal actions of the Israeli regime”
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France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Paris (AFP) – France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.
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Israeli troops enter Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital after gunbattle at gates
Doctor inside hospital says tanks on grounds, gunfire heard
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King of Jordan: A two-state solution would be a victory for our common humanity
Today’s human suffering and global tensions urge us to adhere to the norms of humanity before we reach a moral breaking point for all.
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Macron explains ‘killing babies’ remark to Israeli president
The French leader told Isaac Herzog that he did not intend to accuse Israel of deliberately harming Palestinian civilians
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More than 100,000 people march in Paris against anti-Semitism
Thousands of marchers joined French lawmakers in Paris on Sunday to condemn a surge in anti-Semitism in France during the conflict in the Gaza Strip, but arguments over political participation clouded an intended show of unity.
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