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— Find more of AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war. Here’s what’s happening in the war: FREED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS ARRIVE IN WEST BANK CITY A Red Cross bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah early Tuesday....
More than 240 people in Israel were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people. A total of 112 live hostages have been released, most of them during a hostage-for-prisoner swap under a fragile truce in November,...
Israel has called for the evacuation of 1.1 million residents in north Gaza to move south in the next 24 hours, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, confirmed with NBC News. "The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating ...
The officer told Israel's Channel 12 that "this is the last chance before we go into Rafah," reiterating that Israel would take 33 live hostages in the first phase of the agreement. According to Channel 12, the official added that Israel is prepared to make more "significant compromises,...
Israeli Channel 12 TV reported that as part of the deal, Israel will allow a “significant” amount of fuel and humanitarian supplies into Gaza, but did not specify how much. Israel has severely limited the amount of aid, especially fuel, allowed into Gaza during the war, prompting d...
NBC News has not independently verified the IDF claim of Hamas using the ambulance or the death toll in the strike. The IDF said that the ambulances were "in close proximity to their [Hamas] position in the battle zone" and added that a "number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed in...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has blocked the Hezbollah-affiliated, Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV news channel from broadcasting in Israel. “Broadcasts that identify with the enemy are harmful to the state’s security and should be blocked,” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi wrote in a ...
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