16 hours ago Hamas releases first of 8 more Gaza hostages as truce holds with Israel to release 110

Hamas-led militants freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinians.

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14 hours ago Three Israelis and five Thai nationals freed in latest hostage release under ceasefire deal with Hamas – live

Israel will reportedly free 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange Away from Gaza and Israel, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived on Thursday in Damascus, Syria, Al Jazeera reported, the first visit by a foreign head of state since Bashar al-Assad’s fall.The Israeli military said on Thursday that freed Israeli female soldier Agam Berger had been handed over to the army by the Red Cross after her release in Gaza by Hamas. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza

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17 hours ago First of three Israelis to be freed from Gaza received by Red Cross as hostage releases begin

It is the third exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners since a ceasefire was agreed nearly a fortnight ago

Politics

12 hours ago Hostages released and a protest over whales: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Chaotic Gaza hostage releases highlight growing tension as soldiers narrowly avoid crush

Tensions escalate in the latest hostage-prisoner swaps between Israel and Hamas - and as each historical release happens, fears of a breakdown in the ceasefire will build

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16 hours ago 'Now we can breathe again': Hamas hand over Israeli soldier as more hostages released

It is the third exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners since a ceasefire was agreed nearly a fortnight ago

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16 hours ago Timeline: How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released in ceasefire deal

Ceasefire reached fifteen months after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following 7 October attack

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17 hours ago Free at last: Israeli hostages embrace as three more are released in Gaza along with five Thai captives as part of ceasefire deal that will also see 110 Palestinian prisoners freed

Agam Berger, now 20, was spotted on live TV standing on a stage in between two militants, donning balaclavas and sunglasses, in northern Gaza .

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21 hours ago Middle East latest: Hostages and prisoners set to be released as ceasefire holds

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month

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22 hours ago Hamas is set to free 8 more hostages and Israel will release 110 prisoners as Gaza ceasefire holds

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners

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