13 h. ago Most of Gaza’s schools are destroyed, children cannot go back to class

More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school because of the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group

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4 d. ago Israel says militants returned remains of 1 of last 4 hostages in Gaza

JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday that militants have handed over the body of one of the last four remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza. Israel identified the returned body as that of Meny Godard, who was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. His wife, Ayelet, […]

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4 d. ago Israel says body of 1 of 4 remaining hostages in Gaza returned by militants

Israel identified the returned body as that of Meny Godard, who was abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. His wife, Ayelet, was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

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4 d. ago N.W.T. residential school grave exhumed, child’s remains repatriated to family

The grave of a residential school victim was exhumed, and the child's remains were returned to her home community. Five-year-old Alma Beaulieu died at St Joseph's school in 1944.

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6 d. ago Israel buries hostage officer Hadar Goldin, killed in Gaza 11 years ago

Remains were received on Sunday as part of ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal

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8 d. ago Israel says forensic testing confirms it has received the remains of soldier killed in Gaza in 2014

His return would be a significant development in the U.S.-brokered truce and close a painful, 11-year saga for his family.

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1 week ago ‘Most horrific thing’: Freed Gaza hostage says he was sexually assaulted, captors worse than Nazis

'The goal was to crush my dignity,' says 21-year-old Rom Braslavski, who was working as a security guard at the Nova festival when he was abducted. He was held in Gaza for two years

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1 week ago Israel says remains of hostage have been turned over in Gaza

JERUSALEM — The remains of a hostage in Gaza, Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, have been returned for burial in Israel, the military said Wednesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Chen, 19, of the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade, was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, after falling from […]

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2 w. ago Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns remains of 3 soldiers

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip  — Israel handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Monday, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza. The exchange […]

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2 w. ago Israel identifies remains of three hostages returned by Hamas as IDF soldiers, leaving eight in Gaza

Col. Asaf Hamami, Capt. Omer Maxim Neutra and Sgt. Oz Daniel were named as the deceased captives returned home to be buried

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2 w. ago Palestinian militants hand over remains of 2 more hostages in Gaza

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over the remains of two more hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. The two sets of remains were given to the Red Cross in Gaza, then transported into Israel by troops […]

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2 w. ago Hundreds of Hasidic Jews in Montreal protest change in Israel’s military draft rules

Protesters carried placards condemning the government’s move to enforce the draft.

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2 w. ago Hamas returned further remains of hostage already recovered in 2023, Israel says

Remains were not a 16th body, in violation of the ceasefire deal

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2 w. ago Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of another hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago — an announcement that threatened to rattle the tenuous, U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. Under the truce, Hamas is […]

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3 w. ago Hamas to return body of hostage as families of missing call for break in Gaza truce

Hamas has so far only returned the remains of 15 of the 28 deceased hostages since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10

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4 w. ago Students return date remains uncertain as MLAs ready for legislature's return

Government House Leader Joseph Schow had few details on potential back-to-work legislation for striking teachers but said new bills were coming regarding Sheriffs, longest ballot protests, and regulatory bodies

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4 w. ago U.S. envoys in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire after major flareup

TEL AVIV, Israel — Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup with Israel threatening to halt aid transfers after it said Hamas militants had killed two […]

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4 w. ago Israel strikes back after Hamas terrorists fire on IDF in ‘blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement’

Defence minister says Jerusalem remains committed to returning all hostages, disarming Hamas and preventing Gaza from posing a threat

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