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Hamas militants on Sunday freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis, in a third set of releases under a cease-fire deal. Red Cross representatives transferred the hostages out of Gaza late Sunday. Some were handed over directly to…
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The Israeli military on Friday cautioned about the complications involved in the implementation of the deal with Hamas militants to release the hostages, "nothing is over until it's over". Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral…
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In the first truce between Israel and Hamas amid the war going on for over six weeks, the Israeli government on Wednesday approved a deal of ceasefire in which 50 women and children would be freed by Hamas. This, however, is not the end of…
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Israeli forces fought Hamas militants through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday and both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on their foes as the battle over the Palestinian territory intensified.…
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Israel's war to wipe out Hamas in Gaza is "the war of the free world", Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen told EU lawmakers in Brussels. Israel was attacked not only by Hamas but by other militias in the region that are supported by Iran,…
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Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured on Friday in Israeli targeting of an ambulance convoy carrying critically wounded people in Gaza, the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza claimed. A government statement said Israeli…
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Protecting civilians is the responsibility of the United Nations and Israel, the underground tunnels in Gaza are to protect the fighters, Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk told in an interview conducted by Russia Today TV. The official added…
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The mother of Shani Louk, a German citizen who was believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, says that she has received information from the Israeli military that her daughter is dead. "Unfortunately, we received the news yesterday…
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The Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Saturday announced it had killed the Hamas commander who led the group of terrorists that infiltrated Israel on paragliders, on October 7. The terrorist, identified as Asem Abu Rakaba, was also…
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.…
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