3 h. ago Israel imposes aid curbs in Gaza as truce comes under strain

Authorities said to introduce limits on supplies in response to Hamas’s delay returning dead hostages

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4 h. ago Hamas will hand over four more bodies of Israeli hostages tonight

Hamas has informed mediators it will begin transferring bodies of four deceased Israeli hostages to Israel at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Tuesday.

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4 h. ago Hamas says it will return bodies of four Israeli hostages tonight after Israel says it will keep Rafah crossing closed – Gaza ceasefire live

Hamas tells mediators it plans to transfer bodies of four deceased hostages at 10pm local timeDespite the ceasefire agreement, a medical source told Palestinian news agency Wafa today that four people were killed when Israeli drones fired at residents inspecting their homes in Gaza’s eastern Shejaiya neighbourhood. We have not yet been able to independently verify this information.Israel’s military said it opened fire on people who it says approached Israeli forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Red Cross teams search Gaza ruins for the remains of Israeli hostages after Hamas were warned they had until tonight to return the remaining bodies

The International Committee of the charity said it may take considerable time to hand over the remains of hostages and detainees killed in the Israel-Hamas war

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6 h. ago Released Israeli hostages give accounts of torture, torment and extraordinary danger

Descriptions of captivity suggest Hamas had a change of approach in recent weeks as ceasefire talks progressedGaza ceasefire – live updatesAfter the jubilation in Israel of the return of the last Gaza hostages, stories of their time in captivity, hidden away in tents and tunnels, are emerging.Some described being tortured and tormented. Others, though, recalled moments of co-existence with their captors under the most extreme of circumstances. One played cards with the men holding him and even cooked for them. Another said the captors would speak Hebrew for ease of communication. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Overwhelming emotions for Israeli hostages finally reunited with their families after more than 730 days in captivity

The 20 living hostages were returned to Israel on Monday under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, as James C. Reynolds and Nicole Wootton-Cane report

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9 h. ago Identities of the dead hostages returned to Israel are revealed

In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces named two of the victims as 26-year-old Israeli national Guy Iluz and 22-year-old Nepalese agriculture student Bipin Joshi.

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10 h. ago Missing bodies of hostages top the list of uncertainties as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is holding even as complex issues remain ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange

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10 h. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel identifies dead hostages and says troops have fired at suspects as key truce issues remain

Defence minister says delay in returning more bodies would be a violation of ceasefire as forces open fire on people approaching troops in northern GazaIsraelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’Despite the ceasefire agreement, a medical source told Palestinian news agency Wafa today that four people were killed when Israeli drones fired at residents inspecting their homes in Gaza’s eastern Shejaiya neighbourhood. We have not yet been able to independently verify this information.Israel’s military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by several suspects who approached Israeli forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Israel tells Hamas to return the remaining 24 dead hostages today 'and believes the terror group is deliberately holding on to some of them'

Four bodies were returned to Israel on Monday, and another 24 are supposed to be turned over as part of the first phase of the peace deal.

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12 h. ago Hamas executes 'collaborators' in Gaza as it clings to power amid fears Trump's peace deal is already at risk 

In the disturbing footage circulating on social media yesterday, a group of men lined up side by side can be seen kneeling on the ground with their hands behind their backs.

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13 h. ago Families of dead Israeli hostages accuse Netanyahu of betrayal as only four bodies are returned from Gaza

The whereabouts of 24 dead Israeli hostages remains unknown to their families, leaving them in anguish

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13 h. ago Families of deceased hostages accuse Israeli government of 'betrayal' as only four bodies are returned from Gaza

The whereabouts of 24 dead Israeli hostages remains unknown to their families, leaving them in anguish

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22 h. ago Tears of joy after Hamas hell as Trump peace deals sees all 20 hostages released

Donald Trump's early stages of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas has seen the release of 20 hostages being returned today after months of hell in captivity

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24 h. ago Convoy carrying Israeli hostages inside coffins returns from Gaza in heartbreaking homecoming

An IDF escort of armored cars flying the Star of David was seen on Monday night heading to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv.

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25 h. ago 3 men, 1 woman identified as dead after weekend bar shooting in South Carolina

Authorities have identified four people who were killed during a weekend mass shooting at a bar on a South Carolina island

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26 h. ago A victory lap for Trump – but the beginning of the end for Netanyahu

Editorial: There is cause for jubilation as the last Israeli hostages return to their families, but much of the back-slapping is presumptuous – and Israel’s prime minister deserves no credit for what has been achieved

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26 h. ago ‘Trump did everything’: jubilant Israelis heap praise on US president as hostages return

About 65,000 people gather in ‘hostages square’ in Tel Aviv to welcome home released captivesThe estimated 65,000 people in “hostages square” in Tel Aviv heard it before they saw it. Like so many sunflowers, their faces turned up to search the clear blue morning sky for the source of the sound. Then it swept into view from the west, from the direction of Gaza.A helicopter, military brown, was on the way to Ichilov hospital a few hundred metres away. But it diverted. It circled around the crowd giving each person below a view, and then tilted to its right, in an apparent salute to the cheering, waving, smiling faces below. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago ‘I’m shaking all over’: hugs, tears and relief in Israel as Gaza hostages return

On a powerfully emotional day, 20 Israelis went home, hundreds of Palestinians were freed from prison and Trump had his perfectly scripted momentThe estimated 65,000 people in “hostages square” in Tel Aviv heard it before they saw it. Like so many sunflowers, their faces turned up to search the clear blue morning sky for the source of the sound. Then it swept into view from the west, from the direction of Gaza.A helicopter, military brown, was on the way to Ichilov hospital a few hundred metres away. But it diverted. It circled around the crowd giving each person below a view, and then tilted to its right, in an apparent salute to the cheering, waving, smiling faces below. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago All living Israeli hostages freed and hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners released as Trump leads Egypt summit – live

US president in Egypt alongside world leaders after Israeli families welcome hostages home and Palestinian detainees are freedHamas releases 20 remaining living Israeli hostagesJoy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees returnDonald Trump has questioned whether former UK prime minister Tony Blair will serve on a new “board of peace” that is intended to oversee the governance of Gaza.The US president’s comments come amid ongoing criticisms of Blair for his role in the Iraq war that began in 2003. Continue reading...

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