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Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile deal meant to end the war in Gaza. Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, both taken hostage from Kibbutz Be’eri during …
Read More »5th hostage-prisoner swap carried out as Gaza ceasefire holds
Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday handed over three Israeli hostages, whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, while Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Eli Sharabi, 52, both taken hostage …
Read More »Congo ceasefire appears to crumble as rebels reportedly capture another eastern town
WARNING: This story contains an image that may be disturbing to some readers. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The …
Read More »Netanyahu OKs sending Israeli intelligence boss to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. It was not immediately clear when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital, …
Read More »Gaza ceasefire could be signed in coming days, source says, as Israeli strikes continue
The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians overnight. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said on Wednesday that mediators had narrowed gaps …
Read More »Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 2 in ‘violation’ of ceasefire
At least two people were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said, as a ceasefire ending more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah appeared increasingly fragile. The truce, which came into effect early on Nov. 27, stipulates that Israel …
Read More »Israel, Hezbollah blame each other for violating ceasefire a day after truce takes effect
The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in southern Lebanon on Thursday, after both sides accused each other of breaching a ceasefire that aims to halt more than a year of fighting. Israel said it also opened fire on Thursday on what it called …
Read More »Israel carries out airstrikes in Beirut ahead of anticipated ceasefire deal with Hezbollah
Israeli warplanes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs with a wave of airstrikes on Tuesday just before Israel’s cabinet met to discuss a ceasefire deal with its Hezbollah foes. A senior Israeli official and Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib appeared optimistic a deal could be reached, clearing the way for an end to a …
Read More »Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks, seeks end to ‘problems’
Iran will back any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Friday, signaling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict that has dealt heavy blows to its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme …
Read More »Ceasefire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon
Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 64 people in the Gaza Strip and battered Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave. Later on Friday, the Israeli military said it had killed senior Hamas …
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