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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Hamas’s newly appointed armed wing chief in Gaza, days after …
Read More »Israel kills Hamas military wing leader in strike on Gaza
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed the chief of Hamas’s military wing, the most senior official from the …
Read More »Netanyahu casts 2nd phase of Gaza truce deal as largely symbolic while Hamas welcomes move
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza …
Read More »Hamas says it will hand over hostage body as Israel expected to open Rafah crossing
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Hamas said it will hand over the body of a hostage on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza’s gateway to Egypt to open in the next …
Read More »Hamas returns remains of 3 hostages, Israel says
Israel on Sunday announced that the remains of three hostages had been handed over from Gaza and would be examined by forensic experts, as a fragile month-old ceasefire held. A Hamas statement earlier said the remains were found Sunday in a tunnel in southern Gaza. Since the ceasefire took effect …
Read More »Withholding the dead has long been a bargaining tactic for Israel and Hamas
Of the many issues currently threatening to derail a Gaza ceasefire already hanging by a thread, the exchange of the dead is surely one of the grimmest. The deal calls for the bodies of 28 hostages held by Hamas to be returned to Israel in exchange for the remains of …
Read More »Hamas to hand over body found in tunnel after Israel says remains were not of missing hostage
Hamas said it would hand over to Israel on Tuesday the body of a missing hostage found in a tunnel in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group of violating the ceasefire in the enclave by turning over the wrong remains. Netanyahu earlier on Tuesday said tests had …
Read More »Hamas says it needs special equipment, more time to recover hostages’ bodies
Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date for its completion as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of the U.S.-mediated ceasefire. A fight over the return of bodies of hostages held by …
Read More »Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza after executing alleged collaborators
Hamas fighters tightened their grip in Gaza on Tuesday after carrying out public executions, defying any suggestions the Palestinian militant group is willing to cede control of the embattled territory. In a stark assertion of the group’s return, fighters executed men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. In one …
Read More »‘It is a day for optimism,’ Carney says as Israel, Hamas edge closer to ending war
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday “it is a day for optimism” as Israel and Hamas agreed to the terms of a U.S.-brokered plan for peace in Gaza, paving the way for the release of the Israeli hostages and an end to the hostilities. Carney said Canada is urging Hamas …
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