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‘I burst into tears’: Emotions high as World Vision worker freed in Gaza ceasefire exchange

Hamas freed three male hostages as Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth exchange.

  • Roy Ward, Mohammad Jahjouh and Imad Isseid

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Kfir Bibas, at nine months, was the youngest hostage taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

Fears for Israel’s youngest hostage as Hamas releases father

The Bibas family became a potent symbol of Israel’s hostage crisis after video showed Palestinian militants leading away a distraught mother clutching her two small red-haired sons.

  • Erika Solomon
Arbel Yehoud who had been held hostage since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Chaotic scenes as Hamas releases eight more hostages following Gaza truce

The latest release was delayed when crowds surrounded the hostages as they made their way to waiting Red Cross vehicles.

An unending stream of people marched up the coast of Gaza on January 27, carrying their belongings in plastic bags and repurposed flour sacks through the central city of Nuseirat after Israel reopened access to the territory’s north.

Hamas list shows eight hostages to be freed during ceasefire are dead

The news came as Israel began allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip.

  • Samy Magdy
Displaced Palestinians wait near a roadblock after being stopped from returning to northern Gaza.

‘We’re worthless’: Israel blocks Palestinians going home to northern Gaza, kills 22 in Lebanon

Israeli forces opened fire on protesters demanding their planned withdrawal from Lebanon, while in Gaza, a dispute over a hostage appears settled.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss
Displaced Palestinians returning to a destroyed Rafah in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

Here’s why Trump’s ‘clean out Gaza’ idea is rejected

The US president said resettling most of the strip’s population of 2.3 million in Jordan or Egypt could be “temporary or long term”. He’s already heard a firm “no”.

  • Joseph Krauss
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Israeli female soldier hostages wave before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City.

Second hostage swap is a bitter pill for Netanyahu’s failed ambitions

For Israel’s prime minister, the safe release of four soldiers is only further proof that his ambitions for the Middle East have not been fully realised.

  • Amin Saikal
In this image taken from an Associated Press video, Israeli female soldier hostages wave at a Palestinian crowd before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.

Hamas releases four Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners

Live television footage showed the moment four female Israeli soldiers were paraded in front of a crowd in Gaza City before being handed over to the Red Cross.

  • Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
The next four hostages to be released: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Naama Levy and Daniella Gilboa.

Hamas names four Israeli female soldier hostages to be freed in second swap

Israeli media said that the latest list was not in line with the original ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

  • Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie
Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin,

Israel embarks on ‘significant ongoing campaign’ in West Bank, killing at least nine Palestinians

The raid occurred as it was announced Israel’s top general had resigned, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ attack that triggered the Gaza war.

  • James Mackenzie and Ali Sawafta

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