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In a breakthrough in the ongoing Gaza conflict, Israel has received the bodies of two Israeli hostages that were handed over by Hamas to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the latest transfer carried out under a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian group. The move comes as
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Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, announced that it had handed over 10 coffins containing the remains of Israeli and foreign nationals, but said it needed special equipment to find and extract the remainder of the deceased captives, sparking concerns that the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip may
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As the latest stage in a fragile truce, Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total to 10 bodies recovered by Hamas since the start of the peace plan initiated by President Trump's administration. However, Israeli officials remain unsatisfied with the pace of returns,
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The Israeli military has officially confirmed three of the four bodies handed over by Hamas as belonging to Israeli hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, attacks. However, one of the bodies does not match any Israeli hostages on record, following forensic examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
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Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, announced that it had handed over 10 coffins containing the remains of Israeli and foreign nationals, but said it needed special equipment to find and extract the remainder of the deceased captives, sparking concerns that the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip may
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The Israeli government has announced that it will prevent the opening of a key aid crossing into Gaza and reduce the number of trucks allowed into the territory due to Hamas's failure to meet its obligations under the ceasefire agreement. The agreement, brokered by the US, required Hamas
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Hamas is expected to hand over five bodies of Israeli hostages to Israeli authorities as part of a prisoner exchange deal, amid claims of difficulties recovering remains from the rubble in Gaza. The exchange comes as Israel freed around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 1,700 detained since the 2023
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed Tuesday that authorities received four deceased hostages, including Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Cpt. Daniel Peretz, and Yossi Sharabi, handed over by the Red Cross inside Gaza. The transfer of remains comes a day after Israel received the bodies of four other
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Tensions surrounding a fragile ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated as Hamas returned the bodies of four more hostages, amidst concerns that the militant group was not meeting its obligations under the agreement. The Israeli military agency, COGAT, has threatened to cut aid deliveries to Gaza by half, citing delays
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As part of a broader peace plan, the Israeli government has completed the identification process of three of the four bodies of deceased hostages. The families of Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi, and Eitan Levy have been informed that their loved ones' remains have been returned to Israel. The identification
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As the Gaza war enters its third day, with US President Donald Trump's plan to end the conflict reportedly underway, the situation has grown increasingly volatile. Following Trump's speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem, in which he called for Hamas to disarm and surrender control of
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Senator Chico Rodrigues delivered a speech in the plenary on Monday, highlighting the significance of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as a crucial step towards peaceful solutions in armed conflicts. He emphasized that the mutual release of hostages and prisoners was a concrete sign of a truce, marking a
