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Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz offers political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal

August 23, 2025 admin

Benny Gantz. File | Photo Credit: AP Israeli former Defence Minister Benny Gantz on Saturday (August 23, 2025) called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to forge a unity government along with members of the opposition in a bid to help release the hostages held in Gaza. Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition government depends on support from far-right…

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Thousands Return To North Gaza For 1st Time Since War As Israel Open Crossings

January 27, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Masses of Palestinians, who were displaced by months of war, began moving towards the north of the Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile truce deal aimed at ending the more than 15-month conflict, which…

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French-Israeli nationals among first hostages to be released under deal: Macron

January 17, 2025 admin

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon on January 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters France President Emmanuel Macron has said that French-Israeli nationals Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi are on the list of 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the draft Israel-Hamas…

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Israel, Palestinians Explore Gaza Truce With Hostage Deal On Horizon

December 12, 2024 admin

Jerusalem: Israelis and Palestinians are signaling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, even a limited one, for the first time in a year that would pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel some of the hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave. Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz told his U.S. counterpart Lloyd…

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Gaza Ceasefire And Hostage Deal “Not There Yet”, Says White House

December 1, 2024 admin

Washington: The White House is working on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza but is “not there yet,” the US National Security Advisor told NBC on Sunday, with fighting in the conflict raging on as regional leaders meet to discuss the crisis. “We are working actively to try to make it happen. We…

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Israel War Cabinet to discuss new push for Gaza hostage deal

May 26, 2024 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was convening his War Cabinet later on Sunday, a senior official said, amid intense diplomacy to forge a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. In Brussels, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told journalists before meeting the Palestinian Premier that a strong Palestinian Authority (PA) was in Israel’s…

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Israel PM To Discuss New Push For Gaza Hostage Deal After Hamas Attack

May 26, 2024 admin

Israel has faced growing global outcry over the surging civilian death toll Rafah: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to convene his war cabinet Sunday to discuss the latest efforts towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a senior official told AFP. The news came despite more deadly Gaza fighting and a rocket barrage…

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