15 h. ago Gaza ceasefire plan in works, hostages could be freed within days

Netanyahu says Hamas agreed to release hostages due to military pressure as a U.S.-led plan aims to end the Gaza war and free captives within days.

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39 h. ago Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate rest of Trump peace plan

It said the hostages would need to be released ‘in a manner that ensures the cessation of the war and the full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip’

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39 h. ago Trump tells Israel to ‘immediately stop’ bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostages, negotiate peace

‘We agreed to the plan in principle based on its main points, but its implementation requires negotiations,’ a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera

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5 d. ago Trump unveils Gaza peace plan as Netanyahu visits U.S., apologizes to Qatar

The 20-point plan calls for all hostages held by Hamas to be released within 72 hours of both sides accepting the deal, and does not call for Palestinians to leave Gaza.

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6 d. ago Netanyahu to Meet Trump as US Intensifies Gaza Ceasefire Push

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a crucial White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday amid assertions from Washington that an ambitious plan to end the war in Gaza is nearly complete.

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7 d. ago Airstrikes and gunfire kill at least 59 people in Gaza as pressure grows for ceasefire, hostage deal

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 59 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire and hostage return deal while Israel’s leader remained defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were those hit by two strikes in the Nuseirat refugee camp — […]

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2 w. ago U.S. once again vetoes Security Council resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire, hostage release

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States once again vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that had demanded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages after saying that the effort did not go far enough in condemning Hamas. All 14 other members of the United Nations’ most powerful […]

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3 w. ago Qatar digs through rubble of Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

DOHA, Qatar — Qatari security forces deployed Wednesday around the site of an Israeli attack the previous day on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of the energy-rich Middle East country to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Tuesday’s strike on a building in Doha killed at […]

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