Tag: hostage situations
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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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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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Vice President Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the US pushes to get more aid into Gaza
Vice President Kamala Harris has held a meeting with a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who came to Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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UN envoy says ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
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The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhuman treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7 that left about 1,200 people dead and some 250 others taken hostage
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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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Hamas sends team to Cairo as Israel seeks hostages’ status
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Hamas said a delegation is traveling to Cairo to outline the group’s position on talks aimed at reaching a temporary cease-fire in Gaza — even amid reports it’s refused to give Israel the names of which hostages taken in October are still alive. A senior Israeli official, speaking anonymously, said Israel won’t send a high-level…
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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
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Netanyahu insists on Israeli military offensive in Rafah
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Despite international warnings, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Saturday that an Israeli military offensive would be launched in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. “Of course, only after we make it possible for civilians in the combat zones to move to safe areas,” Netanyahu told journalists in Jerusalem. He…
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Israel’s defense chief says military ‘thoroughly planning’ offensive in crowded Gaza border town
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Israel’s defense minister says Israel is “thoroughly planning” its promised military offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah
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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
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Israeli forces have stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza in what the army says is a search for the remains of hostages taken by Hamas