Hamas frees six hostages in exchange for Palestinian detainees
STORY: Hamas freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu were released first, in southern Gaza's ...
Hamas frees 6 hostages but questions cloud the future of the Gaza ceasefire
Earlier Saturday, two other hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were freed. Arriving in Israel, both were ...
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Israel confirms Bibas children and mother among four dead bodies released by Hamas
Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ceremony in central Gaza to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023. It was the first time the militant group has released ...
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With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel
Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives. By Aaron Boxerman ...
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Hamas to hand over 4 Israeli hostages' bodies Thursday and 6 living hostages Saturday
TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas says it has agreed to Israel's request to speed up the release of Israeli hostages, including two men Hamas has held for around a decade. Hamas said it would give Israel ...
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Hamas to release 6 more hostages, bodies of 4 others
The hostages will be released on Saturday. Hamas will release six more hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four deceased hostages on Thursday, Hamas and Israel confirmed. Four more dead ...
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Hamas Releases Bodies of Four Israeli Hostages, Said to Include Mother and Her Two Children
TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas on Thursday returned the bodies of four hostages to Israel, prompting a nationwide outpouring of grief as flag-waving crowds lined highways on a rainy day to pay respect ...
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Hamas says Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mom are dead, and their bodies will be sent back to Israel this week
Hamas’ youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mother are dead and their bodies will be returned to Israel this week, the terror group said in a ...
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Hamas rejects disarmament, vows to fight ‘Israel’s agents’ in Gaza after the war
A senior Hamas official has said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave. “Whoever comes to fill ...
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Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday
On Tuesday, in a prerecorded video, Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya announced the release of the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, “among them the bodies of the Bibas family.” ...
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Israeli military says body released by Hamas is not of hostage Shiri Bibas
JERUSALEM, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday that one of the bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any of the hostages held in Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating an ...