Hamas frees 8 more hostages. Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after delay
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News Wrap: Hamas frees 8 hostages, Israel releases 100 prisoners in 3rd round of exchanges
In our news wrap Thursday, Hamas freed eight hostages and Israel handed over more than 100 Palestinian prisoners in a third round of exchanges, officials in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack killed at least six people in the northeastern city of Sumy and an appeals court ruled a federal ban on handgun sales to adults under 21 violates the Second Amendment.
3 Israeli hostages freed, but 3rd exchange with Hamas doesn't go smoothly
Israeli women and an 80-year-old male hostage, along with 5 Thai nationals, were released in Gaza, but Israel delayed its part of the exchange, accusing Hamas of "shocking scenes" at one handover.
Hamas is set to free 8 more hostages and Israel will release 110 prisoners as Gaza ceasefire holds
The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel sparked the fighting.
Hamas hands back eight hostages, Israel postpones release of Palestinians
An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight hostages held by the Iran-proxy militia expected to be released throughout t
Hamas set to free 8 more hostages, including 80-year-old Israeli man, officials say
The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that paused the 15-monthlong war in Gaza.
Israel says eight of the remaining hostages to be released by Hamas in phase one of deal are dead
Eight of the remaining hostages set to be released by Hamas in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead, according to an Israeli government spokesperson.
Hamas frees 8 more hostages and Israel releases 110 more Palestinian prisoners
Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners by Israel and underscored the fragility of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that began earlier this month.
Four more Israeli hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire continues to hold
Hamas released four Israeli hostages in Gaza early Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the day. It was the second release to occur as part of the ceasefire agreement that began last weekend. Israel followed with the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners.
Thai hostages released by Hamas arrive at Israeli hospital
Five Thai nationals freed by Hamas on Thursday (January 30) were welcomed by ambassador Pannabha Chandraramya and Shamir Medical Centre staff waving Thai and Israeli flags. Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham,
Live updates: 3 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages set to be released by Hamas
Hamas on Thursday is expected to free three Israeli hostages and five Thai hostages in exchange for Israel’s release of 110 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas confirms death of Mohammed Deif, months after Israeli airstrike
Deif was targeted in a strike at Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa'a Salameh's compound in Khan Younis area on July ...
Israel claims to have killed two Hamas members in strike on vehicle in Tulkarem
The two men were killed as Israel’s large-scale military raid in Jenin continued into its seventh day.View on euronews ...
Killed, captured, rescued, released: the IDF’s female spotters whose Hamas warnings were ignored
Minutes before she was bound and bundled into the back of a jeep bound for Gaza, Agam Berger borrowed a phone from her friend ...
Senior Hamas militant filmed in Gaza after Israel claimed he was dead
Hussein Fayyad Abu Hamza, a commander in Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was filmed by NBC News as he walked ...
Palestinian Militants Arrive at Gaza Site Before Hostage Handover, Militant Sources and Witnesses Say
Militants from Hamas and allied groups Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committees arrived at a site in Khan Younis in Gaza ahead of the handover of Israeli hostages on Thursday Hamas sources and ...