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... of the rest were released in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel during a cease-fire last November.Israel has rescued a total of eight hostages, including in two operations that killed scores of Palestinians. Hamas says several hostages have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and failed rescue attempts. Israeli ...
... again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking.” Harris said she was working with President Joe Biden on a cease-fire deal that would also release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, a step toward helping Palestinians “realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination.” WATCH: Jeremiah Ellison on ...
... militants and civilians.More than 100 hostages remain in Gaza, though some are believed to have died. Family members of six of the eight American hostages still held by Hamas were in Chicago to raise awareness about their loved ones' plight. Ronen and Orna Neutra, the parents of hostage Omer ...
... number of days he has been in captivity. Jon said that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are "both working tirelessly for a hostage and cease-fire deal." The parents called for the release of the remaining 109 hostages and a stop to the suffering inflicted onto the ...
... burst through Israel's defenses on Oct. 7 and rampaged across the south, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage. Over 100 hostages were released in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel during a weeklong cease-fire last year. WATCH: Blinken urges Hamas to ...
... extremely critical, both in Israel and in the U.S. media, about his seriousness in terms of really completing this deal and rescuing as many hostages that are still alive as possible and returning all the murdered victims' bodies. It seems to me today, by virtue of the meeting with ...
... is not yet guaranteed.Washington’s phased deal would start with a “full and complete” six-week cease-fire during which older, sick and female hostages would be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. During those 42 days, Israeli forces would withdraw from densely populated areas of Gaza ...
... Israel, reunions 246 days later, Noa Argamani back in the arms of her father, a kiss for Almog Meir Jan. Orit Meir, Mother of Freed Hostage: Thank you for bringing my son to me, to us. Nick Schifrin: Today, the Pentagon denied what it called widespread disinformation and said Israel ...
... rare win for Netanyahu, who many Israelis blame for the security failures leading up to the Oct. 7 attack and the failure to return the hostages despite months of grinding war. He has reveled in the operation's success, rushing Saturday to the hospital where the freed hostages were held ...
In our news wrap Sunday, Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Israeli assault that freed four hostages killed 274 Palestinians at the Nuseirat refugee camp, centrist Benny Gantz resigned from Israel’s war cabinet over Netanyahu’s handling of the war, exit polls in the EU’s parliamentary elections indicate ...
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