4 h. ago Hamas freed five Israeli hostages under phase one of ceasefire

Hamas has released five Israeli hostages, including Avera Mengistu, who had been held captive in Gaza for over ten years.

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30 h. ago Hamas 'will pay the full price' for not returning the body of Shiri Bibas, Netanyahu warns after terror group blamed 'mix up' for sending the wrong remains

The remains of four people, whom Hamas said were Israeli hostages, were handed over on Thursday, the first such transfer under the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

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32 h. ago Hamas offers horrific explanation after Israel revealed body returned to grieving family was NOT missing hostage Shiri Babas

The remains of four people, whom Hamas said were Israeli hostages, were handed over on Thursday, the first such transfer under the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

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36 h. ago Fresh hell as Hamas hands over WRONG body to youngest hostages' grieving family: Remains of Shiri Bibas are NOT her

The bodies of Hamas' youngest hostage Kfir Bibas and his brother have been formally identified but the third body returned to Israel is not their mother.

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36 h. ago Middle East latest: Netanyahu says body Hamas released was that of a Gazan woman, not a hostage

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday

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43 h. ago Fresh hell as Hamas hands over WRONG body to youngest hostages' grieving family: Remains of tiny Kfir Bibas, nine months, and his brother Ariel, 4, are returned

The bodies of Hamas' youngest hostage Kfir Bibas and his brother have been formally identified but the third body returned Israel is not their mother.

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43 h. ago Israel claims Hamas handed over unidentified body instead of hostage’s remains

The Israeli military said two of the bodies had been identified, but a third remains unknown

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52 h. ago Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages including 10

Hamas has returned the bodies of four hostages, including the two youngest captives seized in its 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

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54 h. ago Israel receives bodies of four hostages held by Hamas including mother and her two children

The remains of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, are believed to have been returned to Israeli on Thursday.

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57 h. ago Middle East crisis live: remains of four hostages, including mother and two children, returned to Israel

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, handed overThe handover of the four bodies from Hamas to the Red Cross is now complete.The vehicles are on their way to Israel, and the crowd in Khan Younis is beginning to disperse. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Middle East latest: Israel receives remains said to include a mother and her 2 young children

Hamas has released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack

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58 h. ago Sickening moment armed Hamas soldiers stand over coffins of dead children in latest Gaza exchange

Shocking images released from the south Gaza city Khan Younis show Hamas soldiers returning the bodies of four Israeli hostages - including two young children - in black coffins

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58 h. ago Watch live: Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages, including four

Watch live as Hamas returns the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, 20 February, including the two youngest captives seized in its October 7 attack on Israel.

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59 h. ago Hamas hands over remains of four Israeli hostages including two children

Exchange under shaky ceasefire deal includes three deceased members of Bibas family

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59 h. ago Hamas returns bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two young children

Hamas releases bodies said to be those of Shiri Bibas and her two young children after their father Yarden was freed earlier this month

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59 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas hands bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two children, to Red Cross in Gaza

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, handed overThe handover of the four bodies from Hamas to the Red Cross is now complete.The vehicles are on their way to Israel, and the crowd in Khan Younis is beginning to disperse. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas to return bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two children

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, to be handed overAhead of today’s release, Hamas said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month.The offer came as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signalled his readiness to talk about a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire after an extended delay, by appointing one of his closest advisers, Ron Dermer, a US-born cabinet minister and former ambassador to Washington, to lead the Israeli delegation to the talks.Hamas has said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month. A senior Hamas official, Taher al-Nunu, told Agence France-Presse “We have informed the mediators that Hamas is ready to release all hostages in one b...

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62 h. ago Hamas to return 4 Israeli bodies, including a mother and her 2 young children

Hamas is set to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack

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3 d. ago Israel confirms four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family

An Israeli official says the bodies of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in Gaza are expected to be returned on Thursday

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