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Israel Frees 90 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel Frees 90
Palestinian Prisoners
Jan 20, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Israel Frees 90 Palestinian Prisoners

Next release of hostages, prisoners will come Saturday

(Newser) - After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday. The skies...

Three Mothers Embrace Released Hostages

Israelis, Gazans express relief and concern after ceasefire takes effect

(Newser) - The first three hostages released by Hamas under the ceasefire agreement returned to Israel on Sunday after being held for 470 days, setting off a celebration among their countrymen and families. After arriving in Israel, Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher were accompanied by their mothers on a helicopter...

First Three Hostages Named as Ceasefire Begins
First Three Hostages Freed
as Ceasefire Begins
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Jan 19, 2025 10:45 AM CST

First Three Hostages Freed as Ceasefire Begins

The women who were held by Hamas are being escorted home by Israeli forces

(Newser) - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, raising hopes for the end of the 15-month war and the release of dozens of hostages.
  • First three: Hamas released the first of the hostages, per the AP , all of them women: Romi Gonen, 24, Emily
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Condition of Homebound Israeli Hostages Unknown

Israel is preparing hospitals to receive hostages from Gaza

(Newser) - Israel is preparing for the return of the hostages from Gaza with the expectation that many are likely to have severe, life-threatening complications after more than a year in captivity in the Gaza Strip. The AP reports that while it's impossible to know the exact conditions in which hostages...

Gaza Ceasefire to Take Effect Sunday Morning

Prisoners and hostages will be released in the coming weeks

(Newser) - The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect in less than 24 hours, said Qatar's foreign ministry on Saturday. The AP reports Majid al-Ansari said in a post on X that the ceasefire will start at 8:30am local time Sunday. He advised people to exercise caution...

Israeli Government Backs Ceasefire, Hostage Deal

Cabinet OKs agreement in victory for Netanyahu

(Newser) - The government of Israel gave its approval to the deal with Hamas calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners early Saturday, the day before it is to go into effect. The 33-member group of ministers had begun its deliberations on Friday evening, CNN...

2 Journalists Removed From Blinken's Final Presser

'How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?'

(Newser) - Antony Blinken's final press conference as secretary of state was disrupted by two journalists who have long criticized America's support of Israel. Security personnel picked up independent journalist Sam Husseini and carried him out of the room after he protested Blinken's handling of the war in Gaza,...

Netanyahu Gives Update on Deal With Hamas

Israeli PM says hostage deal has been reached, does not specifically mention ceasefire

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office said earlier there were last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu said he would convene his security Cabinet later Friday, and...

Netanyahu Indicates Ceasefire Deal Is Not Final

Thanks Biden, Trump for 'advancing' the deal

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night addressed the ceasefire deal being worked out between Israel and Hamas, emphasizing that the agreement is not yet complete. He later went further, claiming Hamas backtracked on a previous understanding of the three-phase deal. The AP reports that claim "could indicate...

2 Presidents Claim Credit for Gaza Deal

'Is that a joke?' Biden says to reporter who asked him if Trump deserves credit

(Newser) - Is it the last major foreign policy achievement of the Biden administration or the first big win of the second Trump administration? President Biden and President-elect Trump both claimed credit Wednesday after mediators announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza . In a speech at the...

Israel, Hamas Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Deal

Officials say agreement was reached after weeks of negotiations

(Newser) - Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in Qatar, promises the...

Report: Hamas OKs Draft Ceasefire Agreement

'It's right on the brink. It's closer than it's ever been before,' Blinken says

(Newser) - Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediators from the United States and Qatar said Israel and the Palestinian militant group were at the closest point yet to sealing...

First Phase of Ceasefire Could See Release of 33 Hostages

Momentum behind deal appears to be building

(Newser) - Israeli officials say 33 hostages—most of them still alive—could be released in the first stage of a proposed ceasefire deal with Hamas. Officials say the hostages would be released in the initial 42-day ceasefire as part of a deal being finalized by negotiators in Qatar, CNN reports. The...

Biden, Netanyahu Discuss Ceasefire on Phone

US is pushing to finalize a deal before Trump administration takes over

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Biden spoke Sunday about efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, a sign of the intensifying push to reach a deal before President-elect Trump's inauguration next week, the AP reports. Talks mediated over the past...

Both US Administrations Make Push for Middle East Deal

Netanyahu raises hopes by sending Mossad chief to Qatar talks

(Newser) - 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. David Barnea will travel to Qatar's capital, Doha, for the latest round...

Israeli Troops Find Hostage's Body in Gaza

Remains of man's son may also have been recovered

(Newser) - Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man's son. The discovery of Yosef AlZayadni's body comes as Israel and Hamas are considering...

'Compromised' Ford X Account Really Goes After Israel

Automaker says it's investigating apparent hack

(Newser) - Ford Motor Company isn't having a great holiday week so far. The automaker spent Monday apologizing to the public after an apparent hack on its official X account posted a series of Gaza-sympathetic tweets, reports the Hill . "Israel is a terrorist state," said one since-deleted post, captured...

Israeli Troops Force Staff, Patients Out of Gaza Hospital

Director is detained, accused of being a Hamas operative

(Newser) - The Israeli military has forced patients and staff members out of one of the last hospitals in operation in northern Gaza, and the health ministry said Saturday that the hospital's director was taken into custody. An Israel foreign ministry post on X described Kamal Adwan as a Hamas stronghold,...

Gaza Officials: 5 Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike

Israeli military, however, says they were targeting fighters from Palestine Islamic Jihad militant group

(Newser) - An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said early Thursday. The strike hit a car outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory, per the AP . The journalists were...

The War Has Killed Bethlehem Tourism

There were just 100K visitors to the town this year, compared to 2M in 2019

(Newser) - Bethlehem was marking another somber Christmas on Wednesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found, per the AP : The festive lights...

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