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Israel has for the first time received the bodies of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement
Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages
GAZA — Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023.They are said to include the bodies of Shiri Bibas, who was aged 32 when she and her sons Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months, were abducted from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel by Hamas-led militants more than 16 months ago.The two boys have become the most recognizable victims of the October 7 terror attacks, and the first return of hostage bodies marks a hugely emotional and somber moment for Israel.The fourth body is said to be that of Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 years old when he and his wife, Yocheved Lifshitz, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Yocheved was released by Hamas on October 24, 2023.Ahead of the...
February 20, 2025

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages

Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov, 22, was taken from the Nova Festival on 7 October 2023. His family say they expect him to be released on Saturday
Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family
GAZA — Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group.The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released would include those of the Bibas family — Shiri and her young children Kfir and Ariel, who were aged nine months and four years when Hamas kidnapped them during the 7 October 2023 attack.Hamas alleges that the three were killed in Israeli bombardment. Israel has not confirmed this.The children's father Yarden was released by Hamas earlier this month.Al-Hayya said Hamas would also release six living hostages on Saturday – double the number originally planned.In exchange, Israel will free all women and those under the age of 19 arrested since last October and is...
February 19, 2025

Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family

Israeli soldiers in northern Israel on 18 February, 2025
Israel keeps some troops in Lebanon after truce withdrawal deadline
TEL AVIV — Israel has kept troops at five strategic locations inside Lebanon, despite Tuesday’s deadline to withdraw from the country as part of a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.The move highlights the fragility of the truce, whose terms Hezbollah accuse Israel of breaking.Nadav Shoshani, a spokesperson for Israel’s military, said the retention of troops at five vantage points in Lebanon was necessary to ensure the safety of Israeli citizens who live near the border. About 60,000 of them remain displaced as a result of the earlier fighting.The “temporary measure” was approved by the US-led body monitoring the ceasefire, Shoshani suggested.Israel was still committed to withdrawing its soldiers in “the right way, in a gradual way, and in a way that the security of our civilians is...
February 18, 2025

Israel keeps some troops in Lebanon after truce withdrawal deadline

Demonstrators march to demand the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Saturday 15 Feb, 2025
Turkey detains nearly 300 suspects in nationwide operation on banned Kurdish group
ANKARA — Turkish authorities have detained 282 individuals over the past five days as part of a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday.The nationwide raids took place across 51 provinces, with the suspects accused of financing the PKK, recruiting members, disseminating propaganda and engaging in violent street demonstrations, Yerlikaya said on X.The PKK, which has waged an insurgency in the Mediterranean country for decades, is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies.This week's action has taken place amid ongoing efforts to rekindle peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdish group, expected to include a potential call by the group’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah...
February 18, 2025

Turkey detains nearly 300 suspects in nationwide operation on banned Kurdish group

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows tents amidst the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Feb. 17
Egypt says it is preparing a plan for Gaza to counter Trump's call to displace Palestinians
CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his country is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the US can take it over.Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said the proposal calls for establishing “secure areas” within Gaza where Palestinians can live initially while Egyptian and international construction firms remove and rehabilitate the strip’s infrastructure.Egyptian officials have been discussing the plan with European diplomats as well as with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, according to two Egyptian officials and Arab and Western diplomats. They are reportedly also discussing ways to fund the reconstruction, including an...
February 18, 2025

Egypt says it is preparing a plan for Gaza to counter Trump's call to displace Palestinians

The US secretary of state met the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday
Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ against Iran with support from Trump
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “finish the job” against Iran with the support of US President Donald Trump.Netanyahu was speaking alongside US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting Israel on his first official trip to the region since assuming the role.“Over the last 16 months, Israel has dealt a mighty blow to Iran’s terror axis. Under the strong leadership of President Trump... I have no doubt that we can and will finish the job,” Netanyahu said.Rubio said that there “could never be a nuclear Iran.”“It’s important to constantly point that whether we talk about Hamas or we talk about Hezbollah, we talk about violence in the West Bank, or we talk about destabilization in Syria, or we talk about any of these issues...
February 17, 2025

Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ against Iran with support from Trump

The US secretary of state met the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday
Netanyahu praises Trump's 'bold vision' for Gaza at Rubio meeting
TEL AVIV — Israel's prime minister has said he is working to make US President Donald Trump's plan to remove and resettle Gaza's population "a reality".Benjamin Netanyahu said he was cooperating with the US on a "common strategy" for the Palestinian territory after a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem on Sunday.The talks come after US President Donald Trump proposed a US takeover of Gaza and the removal of the two million Palestinians there to neighboring countries.The UN has warned that any forced displacement of civilians from occupied territory is strictly prohibited under international law and "tantamount to ethnic cleansing".America's top diplomat said President Trump's plan may have "shocked and...
February 17, 2025

Netanyahu praises Trump's 'bold vision' for Gaza at Rubio meeting

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Chisinau, Moldova, on February 4
Pro-Palestinian NGO seeks ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s foreign minister
BRUSSELS — Pro-Palestinian NGO the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, seeking a warrant for his arrest, the group said on Sunday.In a statement, HRF called for an arrest warrant for Sa’ar for “war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Israel’s ongoing military assault on Gaza since October 7, 2023.”The complaint comes ahead of the foreign minister’s expected trip to Brussels next week.CNN has reached out to Sa’ar’s office for comment on the complaint. His spokesperson told CNN that Sa’ar will “carry out his planned visit to Brussels as scheduled.”While neither Israel nor the United States is party to the ICC, Belgium is.“As Belgium is a signatory...
February 17, 2025

Pro-Palestinian NGO seeks ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s foreign minister

Alexander Troufanov (left), Yair Horn (centre) and Sagui Dekel-Chen (right) were taken from the same kibbutz
Hamas releases names of hostages due for release on Saturday
GAZA — Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after days of fears over the future of the ceasefire.They are Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, and US-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen.Israel has said it will resume bombing if the three are not released on time. The warning came after Hamas said it was postponing the releases in response to alleged Israeli violations of the ceasefire.President Trump said the ceasefire should be scrapped if Hamas did not release all the hostages held in Gaza by midday on Saturday.Since the ceasefire began on 19 January, 16 Israeli and five Thai hostages have been released in exchange for 566 prisoners.During the first six-week phase of the ceasefire,...
February 14, 2025

Hamas releases names of hostages due for release on Saturday

The US warship USS Harry S. Truman is pictured anchored in The Solent on October 8, 2018, near Portsmouth, England
US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal
WASHINGTON — The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a US Navy spokesperson said Thursday.It’s not clear what caused the collision between the US warship and the Panamanian-flagged vessel Besiktas-M, but the spokesperson said it did not result in any flooding on board the Truman and its nuclear propulsion plants were unaffected.No injuries were reported on either vessel, though the merchant ship sustained some damage, a Navy official said.An investigation is ongoing to determine how they collided, but the official noted that the area they were in near the Suez Canal is typically very densely packed with ships.The Besiktas-M, a 617-foot (188-meter) long bulk carrier,...
February 14, 2025

US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal

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