Hamas says it will release 6 hostages, bodies of 4 others in coming days
• Feb 18, 2025, 3:52 PM
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Hamas's top negotiator said on Tuesday the militant group will release the bodies of four dead captives on Thursday and six living Israeli hostages on Saturday. Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies of the four hostages would include the Bibas family – a mother and her two young sons – who for many Israelis embody the hostages' plight.
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Arab leaders meet in Saudi Arabia in bid to counter Trump’s ‘Riviera’ Gaza proposal
• 9:06 AM
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Leaders from Arab countries met in Saudi Arabia Friday to hammer out a recovery plan for Gaza. The summit is aimed at countering US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate the Palestinian enclave’s two million people to Egypt and Jordan and turn Ga
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Israel says body returned by Hamas is not Shiri Bibas but identifies her sons
• 6:23 AM
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Israel on Friday said one of the four bodies returned by Hamas a day earlier is not that of Shiri Bibas, mother of the two young boys whose bodies were handed over Thursday. Israel said it had identified her children, Kfir and Ariel – the youngest hostag
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Live: Hamas says likely remains of Shiri Bibas ‘mistakenly mixed’ with others in Gaza rubble
• 6:17 AM
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Hamas on Friday said the remains of hostage Shiri Bibas appeared to have “mistakenly mixed” with those of other people killed in an Israeli air strike it claimed had hit the building she was being held in. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacte
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