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- Middle East
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,…
- Middle East
Israel says Red Cross receives remains of 3 hostages from Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel said the Red Cross has received the remains of three hostages in Gaza and they will be handed over to Israel’s military. A Hamas statement earlier said the remains were…
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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…
- Middle East
Israel hands over 30 Palestinian bodies to Gaza
Gaza Strip: Hospital officials in Gaza say that Israel has handed over the bodies of 30 Palestinians. Friday’s handover comes a day after Palestinian militants in Gaza turned over the remains of…
- Middle East
Palestinian hand over 2 coffins of dead hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over two coffins containing the remains of dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza. Militants had previously returned the remains of 15…
- Middle East
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…
- World
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
After Hamas frees Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners return home
Gaza Strip: Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire, pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians.…
- Middle East
Hamas hands over first seven hostages to Red Cross in Gaza ceasefire: Israel
Deir al-Balah: Hamas released seven hostages into the custody of the Red Cross on Monday, the first to be released as part of a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war between…
- Middle East
Israel says Hamas starves hostages; UN says Gaza starved by Israel
Gaza Strip: Israel called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to demand the release of its emaciated hostages, including one seen digging his own grave. Their plight drew…
- Middle East
Hamas agrees to release 10 hostages during Gaza peace talks
Gaza: Hamas said on Wednesday that it has agreed to release 10 hostages, while noting that the ongoing Gaza peace talks with Israel still face “difficulty”. Hamas said in an official statement…
- Middle East
Israel recovers bodies of two more hostages from Gaza
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the bodies of two hostages had been recovered from Gaza in a joint operation carried out by the Israeli military and the domestic…
- Middle East
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza
Tel Aviv: Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Benjamin…
- Middle East
Israeli PM says Hamas rejects deal to return half of living hostages
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas had rejected a proposal for the return of half of the living hostages in Gaza by demanding the end of the war and…
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