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Israel says it is postponing release of Palestinian prisoners
The prime minister's office said were repeated violations by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/israel-says-it-is-postponing-release-of-palestinian-prisoners/
Israeli tanks enter West Bank for first time in decades as minister says Palestinians can't return
Israel sent tanks into the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday in the first offensive of its kind in the area in more than two decades. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said troops would remain in parts of the territory for a year, and that the tens of thousands of [...]
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002
Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002 on Sunday, shortly after Israel's defence minister said troops will remain 'for the coming year' in parts of the Palestinian territory.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-jenin-1.7466340?cmp=rss
Israeli army to remain in some West Bank refugee camps for 'coming year', says defence minister
The Israeli army is to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year", Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Sunday.
Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release after six Gaza hostages freed
The release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, scheduled for Saturday, was delayed following the return of six Israeli hostages under a fragile Gaza truce. Israeli officials said the release may only happen after a security consultation led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day.
Shiri Bibas confirmed dead as her body returned to Israel following Hamas mix-up
After Israel accused Hamas of returning the wrong body—mistakenly identified as an Israeli hostage, Shiri Bibas, instead of an unknown woman—Hamas has now released what it claims is the correct remains. The body arrived in Israel early Saturday and will be identified through forensic [...]
Arab leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to hash out Gaza plan
Arab leaders were gathering in Saudi Arabia on February 21 to hammer out a recovery plan for Gaza aimed at countering President Donald Trump's proposal for US control of the territory and the expulsion of its people.
This plan is 'not going to satisfy Israel', says our guest Hussein Ibish, senior [...]
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250221-arab-leaders-gather-in-saudi-arabia-to-hash-out-gaza-plan
Hamas to free last living Gaza hostages after Israel confirms mother's remains returned
The fragile truce in the war between Israel and Hamas militants had been threatened with derailment by the mis-identification of a body released on Thursday as that of hostage Shiri Bibas.
Israeli military says it is checking reports that Hamas handed over body of Shiri Bibas
The Israeli military said on Friday it is checking reports that Hamas has handed the Red Cross a body said to be that of hostage Shiri Bibas, a day after Israel received four bodies of hostages held captive in Gaza that included one unidentified woman.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-shiri-bibas-1.7464745?cmp=rss
Arab leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to hash out Gaza plan
Arab leaders have met in Riyadh to craft a plan for Gaza's post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian inhabitants.
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0221/1498025-gaza-reconstruction/
Israel says body returned by Hamas is not Shiri Bibas but identifies her sons
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 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023 – and [...]
Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says
Israel's prime minister accuses Hamas of a ceasefire violation, saying the body is that of a Gazan woman.
Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what it said were the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including the infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the youngest of those abducted during the October 7, 2023 attack. Palestinian [...]
Israel says body released by Hamas is not Shiri Bibas, slain mother of 2 children killed in Gaza
The Israeli military said on Friday that two bodies released by Hamas had been identified as infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother, Ariel Bibas — but a third body was not that of Shiri Bibas, the children's mother, whose body was also supposed to be released.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hamas-returns-bodies-4-israeli-hostages-1.7463557?cmp=rss
Who are the Gaza hostages whose bodies have been returned to Israel?
Hamas handed over the bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Story by David Gilberg and Charlotte Hughes.
Israel defence minister orders military to 'intensify operations' in West Bank after bus blasts
Israeli police said three bombs exploded while two were being defused at separate locations involving buses in central Israel on Thursday evening. "These are identical explosive devices with a timer. Three have detonated, and two additional ones have been located and are [...]
Hamas hands over dead bodies of youngest Israeli hostages held in Gaza
The transfer marks the first release of deceased hostages by Hamas since the group's ceasefire deal with Israel began.
Israel prepares to receive first dead hostages from Hamas
Hamas says they will include the Bibas family, who for Israel have become a symbol of the captives.
Hamas ready to free all remaining hostages in one swap
A senior Hamas official has told AFP that the Palestinian militant group was prepared to release all remaining hostages in a single swap during the second phase of the Gaza truce.
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0219/1497652-hamas-hostages/