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Three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire continues

Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages today as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza. The civilian men were held captive for 16 months after the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel will be released later today, marking the fifth such exchange since the ceasefire began last month.

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The four female Israeli soldiers released by Hamas

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Palestinian militant group Hamas released four Israeli female soldiers on Saturday, who will be exchanged for 200 Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails. The four were all members of a mainly female unit of observers posted round Gaza to watch for signs of Hamas activity, who were among around 250 hostages […]

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Captured Israeli soldier ‘unrecognisable’, says family

The family of an Israeli hostage who was filmed in a new proof-of-life video by Hamas is “unrecognisable” despite the terror group’s apparent efforts to improve her appearance, according to her family. Liri Elbag was one of six soldiers to be kidnapped from the Nahal Oz base, near the border with Gaza. She is one […]

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Hamas police chief killed in Israeli strike on Gaza, medics say

An Israeli air strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced families in southern Gaza has killed at least 11 Palestinians, including the chief of the territory’s Hamas-run police force, medics say. Three children and two women were also reportedly among the dead in al-Mawasi, west of the city of Khan Younis. The Hamas-run interior ministry […]

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Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike

A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip. They were in a Quds Today van parked outside al-Awda hospital, where the wife of one of the journalists was about to give birth, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp. The channel posted a […]