Trump Middle East envoy predicts 'good things' to announce on Gaza hostages before inauguration
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Middle East live updates: Gaza death toll rises to 46,000, officials say
The vast majority of Gaza's pre-war population of 2.2 million has been displaced at least once since the fighting began. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Hamas-run Gaza announced that 46,006 people have been killed in Gaza since the war with Israel began on Oct. 7, 2023. The number of injured rose to 109,378, officials said Thursday morning.
Israel army says body of Gaza hostage retrieved from underground tunnel
The body was found as international mediators kept up a push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal The Israeli military said Wednesday that its troops recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza and brought it back to Israel following a "complex and difficult operation".
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Hamas says Israel demands release of ‘all’ hostages in Doha talks
Israel presented a new proposal through mediators in Doha, demanding the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas official told EFE on Wednesday.

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Israel and Hamas inch closer to Gaza ceasefire but gaps persist
Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire
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Hamas and Israel: New Efforts for Ceasefire in Qatar
Netanyahu Authorises Israel Negotiators To Continue Doha Hostage Talks: Office
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised Israeli negotiators to continue talks in Doha on a hostage release, his office said Thursday, after Israel and Hamas traded blame for their slow progress.
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Mossad Chief Delays Doha Visit amid Prisoner Swap Talks – UPDATED
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expresses confidence in a near-term Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange.
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As Israeli delegation sets off for Doha, Israeli official tells i24NEWS 'optimism would be premature'
Serious differences on key issues including the release of hostages on humanitarian grounds and control over the Philadelphi Corridor remain, i24NEWS understands
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Israel says Hamas has not given 'status of hostages' it says ready to free
Israel said Monday that Hamas had not yet provided the status of 34 hostages the group declared it was ready to release in the first phase of a potential exchange deal.
Quitting Qatar is the least of Hamas’s problems
Abandoned by its allies, resented by Gazans and still under attack from Israel, losing its comfortable outpost in Doha may be the least of Hamas’s problems.
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Hamas resists in Gaza with 20,000 fighters, despite losing top leaders
Israel estimates that nearly half of the militants in Gaza are well-organized, with forces spread out across the north and south of the Palestinian territory. According to several experts, the group h
France 2410h
What do we know about latest Gaza talks?
Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States have launched a new push to end the Gaza war and secure the release of dozens of hostages held in the Palestinian territory.
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Pope calls situation in Gaza 'very serious and shameful'
Pope Francis has stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory "very serious and shameful".