Tag: hostage situations
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Israeli military says the Red Cross is transferring to its custody four coffins with the remains of deceased hostages
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military says the Red Cross is transferring to its custody four coffins with the remains of deceased hostages.
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Israel pulls back Gaza troops as clock starts on hostage release
Israel began the process of withdrawing troops from Gaza while the U.S. started the clock on a 72-hour window for Hamas to release all remaining hostages, as the complex process of ending the two-year war got underway. Israeli forces retreated on Friday to a so-called yellow line as laid out in a plan unveiled by…
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Trump says Israel, Hamas set to release hostages in breakthrough
President Donald Trump said Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the U.S.- and Qatari-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war. “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the…
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Israel and Hamas launch indirect talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the war in Gaza
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Hamas agrees to return hostages, other parts of Trump’s peace plan
JERUSALEM — Hamas accepted most of President Donald Trump’s terms for ending the war in Gaza on Friday, delivering a “Yes, but…” response that agreed to handing over all hostages and relinquishing control of the enclave but stopped short of the full surrender outlined in the agreement. The response comes as Trump and officials in…
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Trump’s pro-Israel Gaza plan seen as unlikely to sway Hamas
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new plan to end the war in Gaza is essentially an ultimatum to Hamas to release hostages, give up arms and surrender — or face the full force of the Israeli military with Washington’s explicit blessing. Trump said Israel would have his “full backing to finish the job” if Hamas rejects…
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Summit leads to little action after Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha
Qatar hosted a summit of Arab and Islamic nations in hopes of presenting a united response to Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders last week in Doha
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Hamas says cease-fire talks to resume next week, making a truce before Ramadan highly unlikely
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
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