Author: Samy Magdy
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Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel also began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire that the Trump administration secured from the warring sides. The war, which Hamas started when it invaded Israel’s southern border and killed 1,200…
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Israel, Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon…
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Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks at an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, including the disarmament of…
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Netanyahu says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in the coming days’
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as indirect talks with Hamas continue in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement late Saturday, Netanyahu said he has…
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Hamas says cease-fire talks to resume next week, making a truce before Ramadan highly unlikely
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Hamas says its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week
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Egypt floats its currency and agrees with the IMF to increase a bailout loan to $8 billion
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Egypt has floated its currency and announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to increase its bailout loan to $8 billion
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Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
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Egyptian officials say three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages have failed to achieve a breakthrough
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Rival of Netanyahu visits US, signaling wider cracks in Israel’s wartime leadership
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An Israeli official says a top Cabinet minister’s trip to Washington has angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both
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It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
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A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it