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The sides appeared closer than they have been in months to ending a war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, reduced much of Gaza to rubble, brought famine to parts of the territory and left dozens of hostages, living and dead, in Gaza Israel’s Cabinet early on Friday (October 10, 2025) approved President…
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A Palestinian man pushes a child on a wheelchair amidst the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause…
Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort on Monday (October 6, 2025) in hopes of hammering out a potential ceasefire in Gaza on the eve of the second anniversary. The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Israeli delegation, headed by top negotiator Ron…
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a image of Israel’s initial withdrawl and hostage release. | Photo Credit: Reuters/@WhiteHouse U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday (October 4, 2025) that Israel has agreed to an “initial withdrawal line” for Gaza, which has also been shared with Hamas. Mr. Trump said “when…
Hamas fighters stand in formation ahead of a hostage’s release in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. File | Photo Credit: AP A top Hamas leader said the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday (February 22, 2025). Hamas also said that it will release the bodies of four hostages on Thursday (February 20,…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press briefing at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel and the United States are both determined to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its “aggression” in West Asia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, center left, waves as he is escorted by Hamas fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Saturday Feb.1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A freed Israeli hostage said Friday (February 14, 2025) that Hamas militants starved and tortured him during captivity, as the Red Cross…
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Palestinian Hamas militants release Keith Siegel, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas has handed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, over to the Red…
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A drone view of people gathering during the arrival of the freed Palestinian prisoners, after they were released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas and Israel…
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Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday (January 30, 2025) after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by militants earlier in the day in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the exchange into question and underscored the fragility of a ceasefire that began this month. The prisoners released include 30 serving…
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