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Hamas Releases First Group of Hostages in Gaza Cease-Fire Deal With Israel
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Hamas Releases First Group of Hostages in Gaza Cease-Fire Deal With Israel

Listen to article(2 minutes)Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages taken from Israel, a diplomatic breakthrough after seven weeks of war in Gaza, as the focus now shifts to freeing others held captive and maintaining a fighting pause in the strip.The release of the hostages, which keeps a fragile cease-fire on track, was the result of weeks of negotiations over a deal between Israel and Hamas that was brokered by Qatar and Egypt with the help of the U.S.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds Ahead of Hostage and Prisoner Swap
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds Ahead of Hostage and Prisoner Swap

Updated Nov. 24, 2023 7:04 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)A pause in fighting appeared to hold Friday in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas as both sides anticipated an exchange later in the day of more than a dozen Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. An initial group of 13 hostages, all women and children held by Hamas, are expected to be freed around 4 p.m. local time Friday as long as a temporary truce holds. A group of Palestinian prisoners, made up of women and teenage boys, are set to be released after the hostages arrive in Israel.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Hammered Out During 11th-Hour Talks Over Hostages
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Hammered Out During 11th-Hour Talks Over Hostages

DOHA, Qatar—Key negotiators in an agreement to free Israeli hostages and pause the fighting in Gaza said the deal would take effect Friday morning, even as the parties raced to overcome sticking points to the arrangement weeks in the making.Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said a temporary cease-fire would begin at 7 a.m. local time Friday. In return, an initial group of 13 hostages, all women and children held by Hamas, would be freed around 4 p.m. the same day, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. A group of Palestinian prisoners, also women and children, would be released around the same time and humanitarian aid would flow into the enclave, he added.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Inside the Secret Israel-Hamas Negotiations to Release 50 Hostages
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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Inside the Secret Israel-Hamas Negotiations to Release 50 Hostages

Weeks of secret hostage negotiations with Hamas were hanging by a thread when President Biden phoned the emir of Qatar, a key emissary to the militant group, to deliver an urgent message.Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza, had gone dark after the Israeli military seized control of Al-Shifa hospital, a facility Israel said Hamas used as a command-and-control center. Now that the fighting at the hospital was over, Sinwar had re-emerged from the shadows, and he was ready to negotiate.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Hammered Out During 11th-Hour Talks Over Hostages
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Hammered Out During 11th-Hour Talks Over Hostages

DOHA, Qatar—Key negotiators in an agreement to free Israeli hostages and pause the fighting in Gaza said the deal would take effect Friday morning, even as the parties raced to overcome sticking points to the arrangement weeks in the making.Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said a temporary cease-fire would begin at 7 a.m. local time Friday. In return, an initial group of 13 hostages, all women and children held by Hamas, would be freed around 4 p.m. the same day, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. A group of Palestinian prisoners, also women and children, would be released around the same time, he added.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal – WSJ
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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The Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal – WSJ

The hostage deal that Israel and Hamas reached Tuesday will spare the lives of some 50 Israelis, and that is a great relief to the innocents and their families. The cost is a short-term cease-fire that Hamas will exploit, and three-quarters of the 236 hostages will remain in terrorist hands.Israeli leaders believe the trade is worth it, and it’s not our place to second-guess their judgment. In exchange for returning Israeli children and women, 12 or 13 a day, Hamas is set to receive a four-day pause in Israeli military operations and the release of about 150 of its under-18 and female operatives from Israeli prisons. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Push to Free Israeli Hostages in Gaza Hindered by Mistrust, Anger, Confusion
11Nov By adminNo Comments
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Push to Free Israeli Hostages in Gaza Hindered by Mistrust, Anger, Confusion

Updated Nov. 11, 2023 12:48 am ETIn the days after Hamas militants stormed into Israel, killing at least 1,200 people and kidnapping scores of others, Egyptian officials spent hours on the phone with the Islamist group’s leaders pressing a seemingly simple question: How many Israeli hostages did they hold?Hamas didn’t have an answer.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Former Memphis Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Murder in Tyre Nichols Death
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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Former Memphis Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Murder in Tyre Nichols Death

Updated Nov. 2, 2023 3:32 pm ETA former Memphis police officer agreed to plead guilty to murder charges in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in January as part of a deal reached Thursday with federal and state prosecutors. Desmond Mills Jr., 33, accepted a plea deal on second-degree murder charges in the case against him and four other officers involved in the traffic stop that left Nichols beaten beyond recognition. He was also charged with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression in the state case. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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