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... discharged. They have lost friends and family, and staff "have been assisting them in rebuilding the infrastructure of their life,” he told reporters. About 120 hostages remain, with 43 pronounced dead, after about half were released in a weeklong cease-fire in November. Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of ...
In our news wrap Saturday, Israel’s military rescued four hostages out of central Gaza amid an intense assault that reportedly killed more than 200 Palestinians, Russia and Ukraine exchanged more drone attacks overnight, a 100-year-old WWII veteran married his 96-year-old sweetheart in Normandy, and former ...
... on apparently stalled cease-fire efforts. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to the Middle East next week, seeking a breakthrough. “The hostage release and cease-fire deal that is now on the table would secure the release of all the remaining hostages together with security assurances ...
... was exactly the opposite. Our refusal to negotiate led to more Americans being taken. Nick Schifrin: What do you say to the critique that negotiating hostage swaps leads to more hostages being taken? Mickey Bergman: Yes. I believe it's intellectually lazy and morally bankrupt, intellectually lazy because there's ...
In our news wrap Monday, Israel confirmed the death of four more hostages that were taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to The Philippines to drum up support for an upcoming peace conference and a Georgia appeals court set an October date for a hearing on efforts to...
... said in the video that all three men had chronic illnesses and accused Israel of abandoning them.The deaths added to the growing list of hostages who Israel says have died in captivity. On Oct. 7, Hamas took some 250 hostages back to Gaza. Roughly half were released during a ...
The annual parade in the past was dubbed “Celebrate Israel,” but organizers said the exuberant atmosphere would be toned down this year given the Israel-Hamas war and hostages still being held in captivity in Gaza.
... the release of a number of hostages, including women, the elderly and the wounded, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. American hostages would be released at this stage, and remains of hostages who have been killed would be returned to their families. Humanitarian assistance would surge ...
On the hostages, Israelis are divided into two main camps: those who want the government to put the war on hold and free the hostages, and others who think the hostages are an unfortunate price to pay for eradicating Hamas. On-and-off negotiations mediated by Qatar, the United States ...
... Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a news conference. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deaths “heartbreaking,” saying, “We will return all of our hostages, both the living and the dead.” WATCH: Israel seizes Gaza border crossing as cease-fire and hostage deal hangs in the balance The military ...
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