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Israeli former hostage recounts hearing, on his release, of wife and daughters’ deaths

CNN  —  An Israeli man who was held hostage by Hamas for 491 days has described how he was starved while in captivity and recalled the moment on his release from Gaza – when he found out his wife and daughters had been killed during the October 7, 2023 attacks. Eli Sharabi was released earlier …

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Egypt Independent March 4, 2025

Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned following dispute with Israel over Gaza ceasefire

CNN  —  Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding “positive” talks with mediators, following a dispute with Israel over the Gaza ceasefire deal. The militant group had postponed the release of more hostages this weekend, accusing Israel of violating the fragile ceasefire. In response, Israel warned it would return to …

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Egypt Independent February 14, 2025

‘It’s over, Dad’: Jubilant reunions as latest round of Israeli hostage releases passes smoothly

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN  —  Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages from captivity in two orderly handover ceremonies that stood in marked contrast to chaotic scenes earlier this week. After 484 days in Gaza, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, and Ofer Kalderon returned to Israeli soil. Stepping off a military helicopter just outside Tel Aviv, …

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Egypt Independent February 4, 2025

Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees three hostages

Israel has begun freeing Palestinian prisoners on Saturday from Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank, in the latest round of releases under the ceasefire deal after Hamas earlier freed three hostages. About 40 prisoners were on a bus that arrived in Ramallah from Ofer prison, where Israeli authorities had gathered those to be released …

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Egypt Independent February 4, 2025

Hamas “learned lesson” of Thursday’s chaotic hostage release, former hostage negotiator says

Hamas ensured that Saturday’s release of three hostages was done in a more organized fashion, after learning the lesson from Thursday’s more chaotic round of releases, a former hostage negotiator told CNN. “It’s noteworthy that Hamas learned the lesson from last Thursday of the chaos we had seen when the hostages were released in Khan …

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Egypt Independent February 2, 2025

Close to 200 Palestinian prisoners freed in latest round of releases, Israeli prison service says

All 183 prisoners due to be freed from Israeli prisons Saturday have been released, an Israeli prison services spokesperson said, after Hamas earlier freed three hostages. “The Prison Service concludes the fourth round of terrorist releases, as part of Operation ‘Wings of Freedom’ to return the hostages home,” the authority said in a statement. The …

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Egypt Independent February 2, 2025