... release of high-profile Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks, something Israel has strongly resisted in the past. Israel says around 125 men are still held hostage, including several dozen soldiers. An Israeli official involved in hostage negotiations said talks on a further extension for the release of civilian men and ...
Nick Schifrin: At one point, Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar visited to promise the hostages would survive. Ruth Munder (through interpreter): We slept on chairs without a mattress. We covered ourselves with a sheet. That's all we had, and not everyone had a sheet. The boys slept on the ground ...
Hamas released 12 hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on the fifth day of a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza war that mediators hope to extend even as Israel has pledged to resume its offensive.
... Their father also remain. remains a hostage. The others released today include the Engel family, again, a mother and two children. The father remains a hostage. And 12-year-old Eitan Yahalomi was released by himself. His father also remains a hostage. And for all of those children and women ...
... on the day they attacked, on October 7, was to release Palestinians who were held by Israel, which is now happening as part of the hostage release deal. Do you support that, especially if it means more of your loved ones could come home? Dori Roberts: I think, overall, after ...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says 11 hostages have been released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip late Monday This is the fourth such release under a cease-fire deal with the Hamas military group. Israel is to free 33 Palestinian prisoners later Monday. The hostages were back on Israeli ...
... and deliver crucial supplies. Late on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu seemed to open the door to more pauses in fighting if Hamas releases more hostages. ... John Yang: Good evening, I'm John Yang. Two Americans, including a four-year-old girl were among the 17 hostages Hamas released today ...
... truce can be extended by an extra day for every additional 10 hostages freed, but has vowed to quickly resume its offensive once it ends. Sullivan said the U.S. is working “with all sides on the possibility that this deal gets extended to additional hostages beyond the initial 50.”
The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third exchange under a four-day truce that the U.S. said it hoped would be extended. In turn, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners.
In our news wrap Saturday, 13 more Israeli hostages and four foreign nationals held by Hamas have been freed after frantic negotiations resolved a last-minute snag, Russia hit Ukraine with its most intense drone attack of the war so far, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to ...
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