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Hamas Expected To Name Israeli Hostages It Will Free This Weekend

Hamas Expected To Name Israeli Hostages It Will Free This Weekend

Hamas was expected Friday to name three hostages it will release this weekend as part of a planned exchange for Palestinian prisoners, local media said, after days of uncertainty in which Israel threatened to scrap a nearly month-old Gaza ceasefire deal. Israel warned Thursday that the Palestinian militants must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of …

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Gaza Truce Imperiled as Netanyahu and Hamas Send Dueling Warnings

Gaza Truce Imperiled as Netanyahu and Hamas Send Dueling Warnings

The future of the cease-fire in Gaza and the territory’s long-term fate hung in the balance on Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel warned Hamas that if the scheduled release of hostages did not take place on Saturday, the truce would end and Israeli troops would resume “intense fighting.” Mr. Netanyahu’s warning came after Hamas said on Monday …

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Fear over Israel-Hamas ceasefire as Hamas says hostage release delayed, Trump gives group an ultimatum

Fear over Israel-Hamas ceasefire as Hamas says hostage release delayed, Trump gives group an ultimatum

Families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza blocked traffic in Tel Aviv on Monday evening, panicked by Hamas saying it would delay the next scheduled release of hostages under the fragile ceasefire agreement that took effect on January 19. Fear over the durability of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement was spreading fast on Tuesday, after President Trump suggested …

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Trump issues ultimatum to Hamas on hostage release, threatening fragile ceasefire

Trump issues ultimatum to Hamas on hostage release, threatening fragile ceasefire

President Trump issued an ultimatum on Monday to Hamas, saying that if all remaining Israeli hostages are not released from Gaza by noon on Saturday, then “all hell is going to break loose.”  Asked by reporters for details on what that meant, Mr. Trump initially responded: “You’ll find out, and they’ll find out, too. Hamas will find out what I …

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Hamas Suspends Hostage Release, Accusing Israel of Violating Cease-Fire Agreement

Hamas Suspends Hostage Release, Accusing Israel of Violating Cease-Fire Agreement

Hamas has indefinitely postponed the release of Israeli hostages who were set to be freed from the Gaza Strip this weekend, a spokesman said on Monday, accusing Israel’s government of violating an already fragile cease-fire agreement. In a statement on Telegram, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, accused Israel of a host of violations of the cease-fire agreement. …

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Hamas Says Stops Gaza Hostage Release ‘Until Further Notice’

Hamas Says Stops Gaza Hostage Release ‘Until Further Notice’

Hamas announced Monday it would postpone any further hostage-prisoner exchanges under a fragile Gaza ceasefire accusing Israel of violations, while Israel said its military was readying for “any possible scenario”. The ceasefire that went into effect on January 19 largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip and saw five groups of Israeli hostages freed in …

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Hamas Says Israel Withdraws From Key Gaza Road

Hamas Says Israel Withdraws From Key Gaza Road

A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing. “Israeli forces have dismantled their positions and military posts and completely withdrawn their tanks from the Netzarim Corridor on Salaheddin Road, allowing vehicles to pass freely in both directions,” …

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3 more Israeli hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire deal continues to hold

3 more Israeli hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire deal continues to hold

Three more Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas continued to hold. It was the fifth hostage and prisoner exchange to occur as part of the first phase of the deal, which began on Jan. 19. Ohad Ben Ami, 56, Eli Sharabi, 52, and Or Levy, 34, …

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Three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire continues

Three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire continues

Three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire continues – CBS News Watch CBS News Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages today as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza. The civilian men were held captive for 16 months after the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel will be released later today, marking the …

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Hamas Expected to Release 3 More Israeli Hostages: Live Updates

Hamas Expected to Release 3 More Israeli Hostages: Live Updates

Hamas released three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in a highly theatrical handover in which the men were made to give speeches effectively at gunpoint. The hostage release is the fifth in a tense series of exchanges that are part of a 42-day cease-fire deal that went into effect last month pausing …

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