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Hamas announces return of Israeli soldier’s body after 11 years in Gaza
Tel Aviv: Hamas announced it will hand over on Sunday afternoon the body of an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and been held in Gaza since then. His remains are…
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Latest hostage remains returned by Hamas identified as Tanzanian student
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on October 7, 2023,…
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Netanyahu vows to disarm Hamas, warns Lebanon over Hezbollah
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to disarm Hamas and demilitarise the Gaza Strip, saying his government would keep targeting remaining militant cells despite a ceasefire that took effect…
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Latest remains handed over by Hamas not of hostages: Israel
Jerusalem: The remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the hostages, Israel said Saturday, the latest setback that could…
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‘BJP misquoted me’: Congress MP Imran Masood on Bhagat Singh, Hamas comparison remark
Saharanpur: Congress MP Imran Masood on Monday said that he never compared Bhagat Singh with Hamas and accused the BJP of “putting words in his mouth”. Speaking to reporters here on Monday,…
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Hamas expands search for hostages’ bodies in Gaza
Cairo: Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and…
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Trump warns Hamas to return bodies of Israeli hostages
Washington: US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Hamas, demanding the group begin returning the bodies of the deceased hostages quickly and said that Arab nations involved in peace efforts…
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Palestinian factions agree to form technocrat committee to run post-war Gaza
Cairo: The main Palestinian factions, including Hamas, have agreed to form an independent committee of technocrats to administer post-war Gaza, according to a joint statement issued after talks in Cairo on Friday,…
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Hamas hands over remains of two more Israeli hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
Kiryat Gat: Israel’s military says Hamas has handed over the remains of two more hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza. In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said…
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Israel identifies hostage remains as Hamas vows to end war
Tel Aviv: Israel said on Tuesday it had identified the body of a hostage that was released by Hamas overnight, while the militant group’s chief negotiator said Hamas is determined to implement…
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Body of Nepali student who died in Hamas captivity returns to Kathmandu
Kathmandu: The body of a Nepali student who saved several lives during the Hamas attack in Israel two years ago was on Monday brought to Kathmandu from Tel Aviv for his last…
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Israel bids farewell to Nepali student killed in Hamas captivity
Jerusalem: Israel on Sunday, October 19, bid farewell to a Nepali student, who was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and later killed in captivity, the Israeli foreign ministry said. The…
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Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Tel Aviv: Israel’s military said it struck multiple targets on Sunday in Gaza, using aircraft and artillery, after it said Hamas militants shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area still…
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US warns Hamas may attack Palestinian civilians in violation of Gaza ceasefire
West Palm Beach: The US State Department said on Saturday that it has “credible reports” that Hamas could violate the ceasefire with an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. If the attack…
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Israel confirms remains of hostage Eliyahu Margalit handed over by Hamas
Tel Aviv: Israel says the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before have been identified as Eliyahu Margalit, as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under…
