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Gaza peace plan LIVE: Israel prepares to implement ‘first stage’ of Trump’s proposal

October 4, 2025 admin

Hamas ready to free hostages but wants further negotiation on Trump’s Gaza plan Hamas said on Friday (October 3, 2025) it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signalled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details. Hamas reiterated…

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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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Emotional Reunions For 4 Israeli Women Hostages Back Home

January 26, 2025 admin

Tel Aviv witnessed another day of hope filled with emotions on Saturday as four Israeli hostages who were held captive by Hamas reunited with their families in the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The four women – Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag (19) – waved,…

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Hamas Hands Over First Israeli Hostages As Gaza Truce Begins

January 19, 2025 admin

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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Trump warns Hamas that all hell will break out if hostages not released before his inauguration

January 8, 2025 admin

File picture of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) warned that “all hell will break out” if Hamas did not release hostages before January 20, when he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. “All hell will break out….

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Israeli forces appear to withdraw from West Bank camp after major military operation in Jenin

September 6, 2024 admin

Palestinians assess damage in the street following an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli forces appeared Friday (September 6, 2024) to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, after a more-than weeklong military operation that has left…

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Nationwide protest in Israel over hostages leads to uneven closures

September 2, 2024 admin

People block a road as they protest, calling for a deal for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza…

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Israeli Hostage Families Mourn Dead

May 26, 2024 admin

The war in Gaza broke out after Hamas’s attack on southern Israel. Tel Aviv: The sister of an Israeli hostage whose body was recovered from Gaza last week struck a solemn tone Sunday as she laid him to rest after thousands attended his funeral. “I feared this ending but I wanted so much for it…

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U.S. optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse

May 8, 2024 admin

May 08, 2024 07:27 am | Updated 07:27 am IST – CAIRO/WASHINGTON/RAFAH, Gaza Strip The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group’s latest ceasefire proposal, as talks resume in Cairo on Wednesday. Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the main border crossing between…

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Israelis Urged To Remember Hostages Held In Gaza With Empty Chair For Seder

April 21, 2024 admin

Israel believes that 129 remain in Gaza, including 34 who are presumed dead. Tel Aviv: The families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip appealed on Saturday for Jewish Israelis to leave an empty chair at their traditional Seder meals marking the beginning of Passover on Monday. “The Seder night is approaching and this…

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