More hostages were freed from Gaza on Wednesday (29) in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, as mediators raced to broker another extension to the truce between Israel and Hamas hours before it was due to expire
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CIA Director William Burns arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday (28) for a new round of negotiations aimed at freeing more hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to US officials
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A new group of Israeli hostages were to be freed Tuesday (28) in exchange for Palestinian prisoners as Israel and Hamas embarked on a two-day extension of a truce that has paused the devastating Gaza war
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A freed Israeli captive had thanked Al-Qassam fighters in Gaza ‘from the bottom of her heart’, for their humanity and kind treatment of her and her daughter Emilia while held in Gaza since October 7
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International pressure mounted on Monday (27) for Hamas and Israel to extend their truce, as the clock ticked on a pause in fighting that has allowed for the release of scores of hostages and prisoners
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A four-year-old American girl held by Hamas in Gaza was released on Sunday (26), President Joe Biden said, as the militant group said it had handed over 13 Israeli hostages, three Thais and one with Russian citizenship on the third day of a…
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Israel faces mounting pressure to extend a four-day pause in its war against Hamas, but military officials fear that a longer truce risks blunting its efforts to rout the Islamist movement
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Hamas said a group of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel's history were handed over on Friday (24) as a temporary truce took hold in Gaza following weeks of fighting
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Israeli troops were "expanding" their operation in the Gaza Strip Monday (20), as Qatari mediators said they were inching closer to a deal to free some of the 240 hostages held by Hamas militants
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Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza City Thursday (9) as soldiers battled street-by-street with Hamas militants, and tens of thousands of Palestinians desperate for safety fled their homes southwards in the besieged territory
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