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Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Final hostage exchange of first ceasefire phase set to begin
Latest news and live updates as six Israelis are set to be released in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
Hamas to Free 6 More Israeli Hostages From Gaza Strip in Latest Step of Ceasefire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages Saturday from the Gaza Strip, but the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is shadowed by heightened tension between the adversaries that clouds the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.
Israel says Hamas will pay "full price" for handing over remains of Gazan woman instead of hostage Shiri Bibas
Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.
Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says
Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.
Our hearts are in tatters, Israel's president says as Hamas returns first dead hostages
Hamas originally claimed in November 2023 the three members of the Bibas family had been killed in an Israeli air strike, without providing evidence. The BBC hasn't been able to independently verify this. Israel says it will not confirm their deaths before forensic testing.
Israel and Hamas aim to reach Phase 2 of ceasefire and hostage deal
Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot has the latest on Hamas releasing Israeli hostages on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’
Hamas returns 4 bodies, including 2 young children taken hostage but not their mother, Israel says
Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.
Hamas postpones next hostage release, claiming Israel has broken terms of ceasefire deal
Hamas has threatened to postpone the next hostage release scheduled to take place in Gaza on Saturday “until further notice,” accusing Israel of breaking the ceasefire deal.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds despite tensions, American-Israeli hostage to be released
Hamas said it plans to release three more Israeli hostages on Saturday, including American-Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, after an accusation by Hamas that Israel had not held its end of the deal.
Israel says Hamas released bodies of slain child hostages, but not body of their mother
In a hostage exchange Thursday, Hamas returned the bodies of two children, an 83-year-old man and a fraudulent body instead of the boys' mother Shiri Bibas, Israel contends.
Israeli military says body released by Hamas is not of hostage Shiri Bibas
The European Commission will propose boosting surveillance of undersea cables and establishing a fleet of vessels available to repair cables in emergencies, it said in an action plan published Friday.
Israeli Anger Grows After Netanyahu Says Hamas Murdered Hostages
Israel’s government said the bodies of three hostages released by Hamas on Thursday showed they had been murdered by the ...
Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ...