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Israeli PM sees more hope for hostage deal
Published on 23/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said conditions for a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas are “becoming ripe”, suggesting the two sides are getting closer to agreeing to at least a temporary halt to their war in Gaza.
Israel says more than a third of hostages are dead
Published on 04/06/2024
» JERUSALEM - Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the United States sought to advance their recovery under a proposal to wind down the war with Hamas.
Thailand joins new call for Hamas to free hostages
Published on 25/04/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States and 17 other countries including Thailand on Thursday issued an appeal for Hamas to release sick, elderly and wounded hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza.
At least 20% of hostages in Gaza are dead, Israel finds
Published on 06/02/2024
» More than one-fifth of the remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip are dead, according to an internal assessment conducted by the Israeli military.
Israeli ground forces move into south of Gaza
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel has moved ground forces into the south of Gaza in its war on Hamas, witnesses said Monday, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths and fears the conflict will spread elsewhere in the Middle East.
Hamas, Israel signal possible expansion of hostage-deal criteria
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2023
» DUBAI/JERUSALEM - Hamas said it had sought a new truce deal with Israel under which the Palestinian militant group would free hostages beyond the women and children it has already released from the Gaza Strip.
As clock ticks down, calls mount for Hamas and Israel to extend truce
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): International pressure mounted on Monday for Hamas and Israel to extend their truce, as the clock ticked on a pause in fighting that has allowed for the release of scores of hostages and prisoners.
Hamas fighters to free more hostages as families reunite
AFP, Published on 26/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave.
Hamas chief says close to ‘truce’ amid hostage negotiations
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said his group is close to reaching a "truce agreement" in talks with Qatar and Israel that would clear the way for the release of some hostages held by the militants.
Israeli farms desperate for workers
Published on 14/11/2023
» KADIMA, Israel - Israeli farms, core to the country’s national identity, for years employed Palestinian and Thai workers. But since the Hamas-led attacks on Oct 7 and the war in the Gaza Strip, most Palestinians have been banned from Israel and many fearful Thais have returned home, leaving growers to scramble for labour.