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Israel Delays Prisoner Release After Hamas Frees 6 Hostages
Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason for the delay.The New York Times - 4d -
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Hamas Frees 6 Hostages as Israel Delays Palestinian Prisoner Release
The six Israelis were the last living captives set to be released in the first phase of the cease-fire. The agreement, strained for weeks, has an uncertain future.The New York Times - 4d -
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Bodies of four Israeli hostages transferred from Hamas to Red Cross
Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross and some of the 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released into the West Bank to their families, marking the end ...NBC News - 18h -
Israel receives bodies of four more hostages from Hamas
Israel has received the bodies of four more hostages and released around 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, the Israeli government and Palestinian groups said early Thursday.NBC News - 18h -
Who Are the Deceased Hostages Hamas Said It Handed Over to Israel?
The release came after several days of negotiations following Israel’s refusal on Saturday to exchange some Palestinian prisoners it had pledged to free.The New York Times - 19h -
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Omer Shem Tov's family will continue fighting for release of Hamas' hostages
Hamas released Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov's after he spent hundreds of days alone inside a tunnel in captivity after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. His cousin, Leat Corinne Unger, joined CBS News ...CBS News - 1h -
The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire and hostage deal must not fizzle out | Editorial
As Donald Trump persists with a monstrous proposal to remove Palestinians, the immediate need is to prevent fresh conflict. . The pain and damage wreaked in the last 16 months will reverberate ...The Guardian - Feb. 20 -
Hamas says Israel evading ceasefire obligations as Netanyahu delays release of 600 Palestinians
The families of some 600 prisoners remain in limbo after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday that he would delay their release, a decision that violated the exchange terms ...NBC News - 4d -
Trump envoy Witkoff may travel to Middle East Sunday for Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, may travel to the region on Sunday if indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on a second phase of a ceasefire deal show progress ...The Hill - 1d -
Hamas and Israel say they're ready for more talks as ceasefire's first phase ends
Hamas said Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire after prisoners were exchanged for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.NBC News - 6h -
IDF says 1 of 4 bodies returned to Israel from Hamas does not belong to a hostage
The IDF said the bodies of Shiri Bibas' two children were identified, but the mother was not.ABC News - 6d -
Netanyahu vows to make Hamas pay for not returning body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense ...CBS News - 6d -
Trump threatened 'all hell' if Hamas didn't free all its hostages. What happened?
He hasn't repeated his ultimatum ahead of Saturday's planned release.ABC News - 6d -
Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage-prisoner swap
Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s body. The body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, ...The Guardian - 5d -
Middle East crisis live: Hamas releases six hostages but Israel delays release of 600 Palestinians
Hisham al-Sayed, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu, Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert have now been released. A masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross ...The Guardian - 5d -
Hamas to turn over bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for release of hundreds of prisoners
Hamas says that it will return the bodies of four dead hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, two days before the first phase of the ceasefire ...ABC News - 1d -
Middle East latest: Hamas will return bodies of 4 dead Israeli hostages in exchange for prisoners
Hamas says it will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages early Thursday in exchange for Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisonersABC News - 1d -
Hamas says 4 bodies of Israeli hostages returned, the final release of phase one
Hamas said it returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. This was the final hostage release under the first phase of the ceasefire. Negotiations ...CBS News - 14h -
Hamas hands over bodies of 4 Israeli hostages in final first-phase swap
Israel begins release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in accordance with ceasefire agreementFinancial Times - 10h -
Israel releases over 600 Palestinian prisoners as Hamas returns bodies of four hostages
Gaza ceasefire appears to hold after four-day breach, as Israel says three of four bodies identified as of Thursday morning. See all our Middle East coverage Hamas has handed over the bodies ...The Guardian - 9h -
Israel frees Palestinian prisoners after Hamas hands over four hostages' bodies
It was the last exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal's first phase, leaving questions over what happens next.BBC News - 6h -
The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faces a key deadline. Will it last?
The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on SaturdayABC News - 2d -
Putin hopeful after US talks on Ukraine ceasefire
Russian president encouraged by Donald Trump’s overturesFinancial Times - 2h -
Israeli hostages return home in caskets
Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...CBS News - 6d -
Who Are the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages?
Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.The New York Times - 4d -
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Gaza ceasefire once again in doubt as first phase nears end
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indefinitely delayed the release of what would have been the biggest group of Palestinian prisoners so farBBC News - 4d -
Israel ‘wants to extend first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal’ as talks stall
Israel ready to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, reports say. Israel is seeking to extend the first stage of the ceasefire agreement in the war with Hamas in Gaza ...The Guardian - 2d -
Israel seeks Gaza ceasefire extension while shunning talks to end war
First phase of deal with Hamas to halt fighting is meant to end this weekendFinancial Times - 1d -
Palestinian prisoners expected to be released as ceasefire deal impasse resolved
The delayed release of 600 Palestinian prisoners will reportedly go ahead when Hamas returns four Israeli hostages' bodies.BBC News - 1d -
Israel's refusal to withdraw from narrow strip of desert could threaten ceasefire
Israel’s refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on Gaza's border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could threaten the truceABC News - 6h -
'The smallest coffins are the heaviest': Israel grieves youngest hostages
The return of the children in coffins, and their mother's absence, is being painfully felt across the country.BBC News - 5d -
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Watch: The moment six Israeli hostages are released
Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.BBC News - 5d -
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