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Israel Says Returned Body Is Not Bibas Mother, Accuses Hamas Of Killing Boys

February 21, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Israel said Friday that one of the four bodies returned from Gaza is not hostage Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, accusing Palestinian “terrorists” of killing her two young boys. The Israeli military said it had identified the remains of Ariel and Kfir, Shiri’s two sons handed over by the militant group as part…

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Six Israeli Hostages To Be Released From Gaza This Weekend

February 18, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Four men held hostage in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and two others held for around 10 years are expected to be freed Saturday under the Israel-Hamas truce, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Since the entry into force of the January 19 ceasefire, 19 Israeli and dual national hostages have been…

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Tears, Joy As Freed Israeli Learns Youngest Daughter’s Name

February 16, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Through tears and tight embraces, freed Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen on Saturday finally learnt the name of his youngest daughter, born two months after he was abducted by Hamas in October 2023. In footage published by the Israeli government, Dekel-Chen’s wife Avital, shedding tears of joy as the two embraced after 16 months apart,…

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Israel committed to Gaza peace deal: Israeli diplomat

January 28, 2025 admin

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages, kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, hold pictures of hostages and banners as they protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel will continue to follow the Gaza peace deal until all the hostages…

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Moment When 4 Israeli Women Were Brought To Gaza Square For Release

January 26, 2025 admin

Hamas on Saturday released four Israeli hostages in the 2nd phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners. As celebrations broke out in Tel Aviv, a video shows the four women – Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag (19) – being brought to Gaza…

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Freed Hamas Hostage Recounts Nightmarish Captivity

October 5, 2024 admin

As the Gaza war nears its first anniversary, an Israeli man taken hostage by Hamas on Friday recalled his confinement, saying he heard beatings while in captivity. Shlomi Ziv, 41, was among the four Israeli hostages who were rescued alive from Hamas captivity in June. They were kidnapped from the Nova music festival, a trance…

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Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas killed six hostages

September 10, 2024 admin

Demonstrators during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on September 10, 2024 | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military has released video footage of a…

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Hostages Will Return “Inside Coffins” If Israel…: Hamas

September 2, 2024 admin

Palestinian Territories: Hamas’s armed wing said on Monday that hostages would return to Israel “inside coffins” if military pressure continued, warning that “new instructions” had been given to the militants guarding the captives if Israeli troops approached. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s insistence on liberating the prisoners through military pressure instead of concluding a deal…

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Israel’s Netanyahu urges more pressure on ‘obstinate’ Hamas over Gaza truce talks

August 18, 2024 admin

Members of Kibbutz Nir Oz and Israeli officials hold a conference calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government to secure a deal to return the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, on August 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Prime…

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Russian diplomat hopes to meet Hamas for talks to free hostages: Agencies

October 14, 2023 admin

Moscow’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov hopes to meet representatives of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Qatar next week for talks to free Israeli hostages, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported on October 14. Moscow has so far carefully denounced violence from both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while renewing an…

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