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More Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners released under tenuous Gaza truce
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel released another group of Palestinian prisoners Friday, hours after Hamas freed additional Israeli hostages under a last-minute agreement to extend their cease-fire by another day in Gaza.
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About two dozen of the estimated 240 hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are from Thailand, one of Israel’s biggest sources of migrant labor.
By Ethan Bronner and Omar Tamo Bloomberg News (TNS) Hamas released a group of 24 hostages held in Gaza under a four-day truce agreement with Israel, a brief pause in six weeks of war that have devastated the Palestinian territory following the deadly attack by militants last month.
Thirteen Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 have been handed to the Red Cross, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office, as part of a deal struck between Israel and the militant group.
Hamas released the first batch of hostages under a cease-fire deal that began Friday, including 13 Israelis who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the militant group staged a raid on Israel nearly seven weeks ago, according to officials and media reports.
Hamas released a dozen Thai foreign workers who were also seized in Hamas' deadly attack on Israel last month. But there was no immediate confirmation that 13 Israelis had been freed.
Hamas freed 24 hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel in which about1,200 people were killed. Thirteen were part of a prisoner-hostage swap deal. The others were a surprise development.
Thirteen Israeli women and child hostages were freed Friday as part of a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas to free those civilians taken during the Oct 7 terrorist attack.
Israeli and Thai hostages in Gaza have been transferred to the Red Cross and are en route to the border crossing with Egypt after the Hamas terrorist group agreed to a four-day ceasefire with Israel
Hamas on Friday freed a first batch of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel's history under a deal that saw a temporary truce take hold in war-ravaged Gaza.Thirteen Israeli hostages captured during Palestinian militants' cross-border raids were back in Israeli territory where they would…
BANGKOK (AP) — Hamas freed at least 10 Thai nationals seized in the group’s surprise attack on southern Israel last month, releasing them alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal.
Hamas fighters are set to release a new wave of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, officials said, offering hope to anguished families after seven weeks of war that have killed thousands of people.
