24 hours ago Hamas set to free Israeli father in Gaza hostage release – amid grave concerns for his wife and children

Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Calderon will be exchanged for 90 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday

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6 hours ago Hamas releases two Israeli hostages to Red Cross under Gaza ceasefire deal

A total of 33 Israeli hostages are expected to be released in initial six weeks of truce

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1 hour ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released as Rafah crossing opens for first time since May

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago Hamas to release Israeli father amid ‘grave concerns’ for wife and children

Yarden Bibas scheduled for release with Keith Siegel and Ofer Calderon on Saturday in latest handover of hostagesMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas has announced it will release Yarden Bibas on Saturday, the Israeli father of a young family kidnapped to Gaza who have been one of the most enduring symbols of Israel’s hostages in the coastal strip.The Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida said on its Telegram channel that Bibas would be released with Keith Siegel, a joint US citizen, and Ofer Calderon, who also has French nationality. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released as Rafah crossing opens

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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3 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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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released as Rafah crossing opens

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Rafah crossing opens as Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas releases two hostages with third expected

Two hostages freed on Saturday, with another expected to be released from different locationHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Watch: Hamas militants hand over Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon to Red Cross under ceasefire deal

This is the moment two Israeli hostages are handed over to the Red Cross under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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7 hours ago Middle East latest: 3 Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners set to be freed

Three high-profile Israeli hostages are set to be released by Hamas on Saturday, while Palestinian authorities say Israel has agreed to release dozens of prisoners, in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

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8 hours ago Hamas to release 3 male hostages, Israel to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners under ceasefire

Hamas-led militants are set to release three male hostages from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, in return for the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile ceasefire with Israel that has halted more than a year of intense fighting and has so far seen 15 hostages and hundreds of prisoners freed

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19 hours ago AP photos capture a day of wrenching emotion as Israel and Hamas release hostages and prisoners

It was a day of wrenching emotions: Relief, joy, anger and trauma all spilled out as Hamas released a new round of hostages and Israel freed more Palestinians from its prisons.

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27 hours ago Thai families celebrate as hostages freed in Gaza: 'I’m going to give him a hug’

One Thai still unaccounted for

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