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Red Cross received remains of 3 hostages in Gaza, will be handed to Israel’s military

November 2, 2025 admin

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel said the Red Cross has received the…

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Countdown to hostage release as Trump to host Gaza peace summit

October 12, 2025 admin

Hamas said it had finished preparations for freeing its remaining living hostages, which Israel expects to take place early Monday (October 13, 2025), fulfilling a key step in Donald Trump’s Gaza plan hours before he hosts a peace summit in Egypt. Under the U.S. president’s proposal, once the Palestinian militants have handed over the…

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Israel prepares to receive bodies of youngest Gaza hostages on Feb 20

February 20, 2025 admin

A man walks past graffiti of Shiri and Yarden Bibas and their sons, Ariel, left, and Kfir, right, who were taken captive by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel | Photo Credit: AP Israel braced on Thursday (February 20, 2025) for the return of the bodies of infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the…

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Freed Israeli hostage says Hamas ‘starved’ him in captivity

February 14, 2025 admin

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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Hamas to free three Israeli hostages in next ceasefire swap

January 31, 2025 admin

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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Hamas to release an Israeli hostage and allow Palestinians into northern Gaza, says Qatar

January 26, 2025 admin

Trucks carrying Egyptian humanitarian aid wait to start moving to the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo, Egypt, January 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Qatar announced early Monday (January 27, 2025) that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow…

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Will the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip hold? | Explained

January 19, 2025 admin

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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Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages in ‘first phase’ of exchange deal

January 6, 2025 admin

A Hamas official said on Sunday (January 5, 2025) the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the “first phase” of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar. Mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have tried for months to…

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