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Sana’s: As a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signalled they will limit attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli-affiliated ships. The Houthis, through their Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center, announced that they were “stopping sanctions” on the vessels it has previously targeted since it started attacks in November 2023,…
Tel Aviv was filled with hope, tears of joy and hugs on Sunday as three Israeli hostages who were held captive by Hamas reunited with their families in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The three women – Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari – were handed over to the Red Cross…
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New Delhi: The first three Israeli hostages returning home under a long-awaited Gaza truce were transferred to the Red Cross on Sunday, a Hamas official and the Israeli military said. The hostages, all women, “were officially handed over to the Red Cross” in Gaza City ahead of their return to Israel, the senior Hamas official…
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New Delhi: Fifteen months after war in Gaza began, a 42-day ceasefire comes in force today. While the ceasefire announcement has brought hope to many in the region, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said Tel Aviv had US support to return to war if necessary Here are top 10 points on this big story: During…
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Smoke rises inside the Gaza Strip, before a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas goes into effect, as seen from southern Israel, January 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: After 15 months of fighting, which was triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in which about 1,200 people were killed, Israel…
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The ceasefire in Gaza will begin tomorrow, bringing hopes of an end to the year-long war that has left thousands dead in the land strip bombed by the Israeli forces in response to an attack on civilians by Palestinian groups. Hundreds of Israelis were kidnapped during the October 7 attack and dragged across the border,…
Jerusalem: Israel’s cabinet voted to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal on Saturday, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, ending days of uncertainty about whether the truce would go into effect this weekend. The ceasefire, set to begin Sunday, would halt fighting and bombardment in Gaza’s deadliest-ever war. It would…
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Washington DC: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken isn’t having the best final days in office, with the last 48 hours being particularly unforgiving for the top diplomat facing heat over controversial decisions taken by him during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Far from the farewell he probably hoped for, Antony Blinken’s last press conference…
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Jerusalem: Israeli far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened on Tuesday to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if he agrees to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal being negotiated at talks in Qatar. Ben-Gvir, whose departure would not bring down Netanyahu’s government, urged Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to join him in a last-ditch attempt…
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Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, react to the ceasefire announcement as they take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel and the Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, bringing an end to more than 15 months…
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