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A view of damage at a residential building following an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia after Israel and Gaza reached a
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — The Israeli government and Hamas say they are in the final stages of indirect talks over a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The agreement is set to be implemented in three phases, the first of which would …
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Mohammad Eid carries the body of one of his three relatives killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike, as they
CNN — The Israeli military said Friday it had identified the body of a hostage recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza as the son of Yosef Al-Ziyadnah, a hostage whose body was recovered earlier this week. Hamza Al-Ziyadnah, 23, was found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area, a joint statement from the …
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Barry Rosen is a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran for 444 days
CNN — An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have leaked classified information to foreign press in the hopes of influencing public opinion on hostage negotiations, according to a court release published Sunday. Eliezer Feldstein was arrested earlier this month for allegedly leaking “classified and sensitive intelligence information,” according to court …
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Even as long-stalled talks to try to secure the release of the hostages and reach a ceasefire in Gaza resume in the coming days, there is little expectation of a breakthrough before the US presidential election in less than two weeks, officials told CNN. The reality of the election’s impact was also underscored this week when former …
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CNN — In one of Gaza’s last standing hospitals, Tamara Al-Maarouf’s eyes well up with tears as she stands helplessly by her baby boy’s hospital bed. A tumor, now removed, has been compressing the 4-month-old’s tiny heart and he desperately needs treatment abroad. Meanwhile, 84-year-old Oded Lifschitz, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz …
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Washington CNN — President Joe Biden said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas and added he is “close” to presenting a final deal to negotiators working to strike a hostage and ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The president’s comments came as he …
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CNN — From bustling Tel Aviv to the southern Israeli city of Eilat, tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in one of the biggest nationwide protests since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Hamas as they called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal. Anger at Netanyahu – who …
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