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Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Final hostage exchange of first ceasefire underway
Latest news and live updates as six Israelis are set to be released in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
Hamas to free 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza Strip in latest step of ceasefire
JERUSALEM -- JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages Saturday from the Gaza Strip, but the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is shadowed by heightened tension between the adversaries that clouds the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.
Our hearts are in tatters, Israel's president says as Hamas returns first dead hostages
Hamas originally claimed in November 2023 the three members of the Bibas family had been killed in an Israeli air strike, without providing evidence. The BBC hasn't been able to independently verify this. Israel says it will not confirm their deaths before forensic testing.
Hamas returns 4 bodies, including 2 young children taken hostage but not their mother, Israel says
Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.
Concerns for ceasefire as Israel accuses Hamas of breaking promise to return hostage remains
Israel says Hamas is violating the ceasefire deal over the return of hostage remains. Israel identified the bodies of a 4-year-old and his 9-month-old brother, but forensic tests revealed a third body was not their mother.
Israel accuses Hamas of 'evil' violation of ceasefire
Israel's prime minister Netanyahu says Hamas will pay price for "cruel and evil" violation of ceasefire after tests showed body returned from Gaza was not hostage Shiri Bibas. Also: cure for childhood blindness.
Hamas releases wrong body in ceasefire deal, Israel vows revenge for violation
Six more living hostages are scheduled to be released Saturday as part of the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war.
Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel confirmed as those of former hostage Shiri Bibas
Human remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday have been confirmed as those of former hostage Shiri Bibas, according to ...
Israel says body returned by Hamas not that of hostage Shiri Bibas
Israel on Friday accused Hamas of a breach of the cease-fire agreement between the warring sides of the "utmost severity" ...
Remains of Shiri Bibas, mom of two killed, allegedly returned to Israel following Hamas' broken promise
The remains of a woman killed while in captivity by Hamas was supposedly handed over to Israel on Friday, a day after her ...
Israel says Hamas will pay "full price" for handing over remains of Gazan woman instead of hostage Shiri Bibas
Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have ...
After 'Mixing Up' Bibas Body, Hamas Accuses Israel of 'Double Standards'
"We received thousands of bodies from the Zionist enemy in blue bags without any identification on them," a Hamas official ...
Remains of young mom Shiri Bibas, taken hostage and killed by Hamas, not returned despite promise, Israel says
The mother of a woman abducted with her two children and husband was not among the slain hostages returned to Israel by Hamas ...
Israel says Bibas boys were among the dead bodies returned by Hamas – but not their mother
Israel says it has identified two of the dead bodies returned by Hamas on Thursday as Ariel and Kfir Bibas – but tests show ...
With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel
Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel ...
Hamas Official Says No Evidence Links Group to Israel Bus Bombings
A Hamas official told Newsweek the Israeli government may have staged the attack in a bid to undermine the ceasefire ...