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Families urge police to treat case as hate crime.

Mia Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli hostage who appeared in a sick Hamas video, has finally been released by the terror group.

Some of the captives are coming home. But there’s little relief in this temporary pause to the fighting. “It’s happiness wrapped in sadness,” one newly-freed woman tells Rolling Stone

A long-term cease-fire would likely require both sides to make hard-to-swallow concessions

Police in Vermont arrest a male suspect over the attack which they are investigating as a possible hate crime.

Families and children kidnapped from southern Israel's Kibbutz Beeri were among the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, according to accounts given to AFP by their relatives, Israeli press, and the Hostage Families Forum.

Militant group accused Israel of violating terms of cease-fire

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.

Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

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. 

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.

US officials involved in negotiations say the two sides are still working out “final logistical details”

 

The ceasefire is expected to last at least four days, unless the Supreme Court blocks the agreement

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

The BRICS groups of nations called for a truce in Gaza during a virtual meeting, during which South Africa accused Israel of 'war crimes' and acts 'tantamount to genocide.'

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.

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.