3 h. ago Hospital where gunman took hostages remains closed to visitors as injured reported stable

Workers at a Pennsylvania hospital who were injured during a shooting that left the gunman and a police officer dead are reported in “medically stable” condition

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6 h. ago Police officer and suspect who took hostages at Pennsylvania hospital killed in shootout

A doctor, a nurse and a custodian at UPMC Memorial, and two other officers were shot and wounded in attackA man armed with a pistol and carrying zip ties entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit Saturday and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, authorities said.Three workers at UPMC Memorial hospital, including a doctor, a nurse and a custodian, and two other officers were shot and wounded in the attack, York county district attorney Tim Barker said. A fourth staffer was injured in a fall.Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Police officer killed, 5 injured after gunman took hostages at Pennsylvania hospital

Five people were injured and one police officer was killed during the shooting

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24 h. ago Police officer killed amid shooting at Pennsylvania hospital

Andrew Duarte of West York borough police department was slain Saturday at UPMC memorial hospital in YorkA police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at a central Pennsylvania hospital, officials said.The officer slain in the shooting at UPMC memorial hospital in York was identified as Andrew Duarte of the West York borough police department. He had been responding to a mutual aid call, the department posted on its Facebook page.Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

A hospital official says a gunman has been killed after shots were fired at a hospital in central Pennsylvania

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36 h. ago Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas returned after Hamas release her remains

Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons from Niz Or kibbutz during Hamas's terror attack in October 2023

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37 h. ago Family confirms body of hostage handed over by Hamas was Israeli mother Shiri Bibas

Hamas returns remains of Israeli hostage after mixup that threatened the ceasefire

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38 h. ago Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage

Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s bodyThe body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, Israel’s army radio reported early on Saturday, adding that Bibas was likely killed in captivity with her children.The confirmation came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s initial failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Body of hostage Shiri Bibas finally 'returned to Israel', Hamas claims

The mix up, as well as the public handover of the bodies, threatened to throw the fragile ceasefire out of the window after it caused outrage in Israel.

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54 h. ago Another ceasefire is under threat from Trump – the precarious deal between Lebanon and Israel | Mohamad Bazzi

Israel, seemingly with the US president’s blessing, has kept troops inside Lebanon. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is loomingAs global attention remains focused on the hostage-prisoner swaps between Hamas and Israel, another ceasefire in the region hangs in the balance.The 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah, a Shia Muslim militia which has been the most dominant political faction in Lebanon for the past two decades, was paused by a US-brokered ceasefire in late November. The agreement also paved the way to end years of political deadlock in Beirut. Lebanon has formed a new government, and finally has leaders chosen for their promises to carry out reforms, rather than their sectarian affiliations – but the future of the ceasefire deal has left them facing an immediate crisis.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor at New York University Continue reading...

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55 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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57 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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61 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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61 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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61 h. ago Vaccine victims left disabled after taking Covid jab react to bombshell Yale study that found shots cause extreme body changes

DailyMail.com spoke with five Americans who claim they were injured by Covid vaccines following a bombshell report from Yale researchers on post-vaccine complications.

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68 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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68 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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2 d. ago Bus blasts in Israel are ‘suspected terror attack’, say police

No injuries reported after three explosions in Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam and two more bombs being defusedA string of explosions has rocked buses in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, in what police described as a “suspected terror attack”, with an official saying that there were no injuries.No injuries were reported in the blasts late on Thursday. Police said bomb disposal units were searching for any additional bombs in the city which is a suburb of Tel Aviv. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Israel's saddest day: President says 'our hearts lie in tatters' as coffins containing remains of four hostages including Shiri Bibas, her son Ariel and baby Kfir are returned from Gaza

At just nine months old, Kfir Bibas was the youngest captive taken on October 7, 2023. He was taken alongside his mother Shiri, and then-four-year-old brother Ariel.

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