Gaza Ceasefire
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'Will study before responding': Hamas on Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza
World | Sep 30, 2025, 06:20 PM ISTFollowing a meeting at the White House on Monday, Trump and Netanyahu announced their joint endorsement of the proposal. Trump’s plan has been receiving widespread international support.
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'Israel won't annex Gaza, no one will be forced to flee': Trump in joint presser with Netanyahu
World | Sep 30, 2025, 12:25 AM ISTAhead of the press conference, the White House released a comprehensive plan by Trump to end the ongoing war in Gaza.
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Trump says US will partner with Israel to run food centres in Gaza to address humanitarian crisis
World | Jul 30, 2025, 07:09 AM ISTTrump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from a trip to Scotland that Israel would preside over the new food centres “to make sure the distribution is proper.”
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Musk praises Trump just after 'temped to escalate' rebuttal to US President's deportation threat
World | Jul 02, 2025, 12:39 PM ISTElon Musk praised Trump’s negotiating skills on a Gaza ceasefire while cryptically responding to Trump’s deportation threat, highlighting their escalating public feud.
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Israel accepts new Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by US, proposal to halt offensive for 60 days
World | May 29, 2025, 11:51 PM ISTHamas confirmed that it had received the proposal from mediators and was currently reviewing its contents.
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Israel launches extensive new ground operations in Gaza Strip as air strikes kill at least 103
World | May 18, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTIsrael has said it is pressuring Hamas to agree to a temporary ceasefire on Israel's terms — one that would free Israeli hostages held in Gaza but wouldn't necessarily end the war.
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Operation Gideon's Chariots: Israel attacks Gaza, deploys forces to seize 'strategic areas'
World | May 17, 2025, 05:20 PM ISTThe IDF has stated that operations have been carried out as part of the initial phase of Operation 'Gideon's Chariots' and the expansion of the campaign in Gaza.
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Israel plans to seize all of Gaza, hold it for unspecified amount of time under new plan: Officials
World | May 06, 2025, 05:28 AM ISTIf Israel occupies the Gaza Strip again, it will dash hopes for Palestinian statehood. It would also end up embedding Israel inside a population that is deeply hostile to it and raise questions about how Israel plans to govern the territory.
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'This is the only way': Israel's military operation expands in Gaza to 'crush' militants' area
World | Apr 02, 2025, 06:00 PM ISTIsrael's Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli military's offensive in Gaza looks to seize "large areas" after "crushing and cleaning" the militants' area.
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Israel to cut off its electricity supply to Gaza as ceasefire deadlock continues
World | Mar 09, 2025, 10:37 PM ISTHamas said it wrapped up the latest round of ceasefire talks with Egyptian mediators without changes to its position, calling for an immediate start of the ceasefire's second phase.
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Israel, Hamas complete last exchange under first phase of ceasefire: How many hostages left in Gaza?
World | Feb 27, 2025, 03:50 PM ISTIsrael and Hamas have completed the last exchange of hostages in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Both parties are set to negotiate for the second round of the ceasefire deal.
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Hamas returns bodies of 4 Israeli hostages in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners
World | Feb 27, 2025, 08:34 AM ISTCrowds of cheering families, friends and supporters gathered in the West Bank town of Beitunia as a Red Cross convoy carrying several dozen released Palestinian prisoners arrived.
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Gaza ceasefire updates: Fragile deal remains intact as Israel Hamas agree on new exchange agreement
World | Feb 26, 2025, 10:44 AM ISTHamas and Israel have reached an agreement in which Hamas will release the bodies of Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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Gaza ceasefire updates: Hamas releases all six Israeli hostages in latest exchange
World | Feb 22, 2025, 09:35 PM ISTAs three Israeli hostages, including Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, and Eliya Cohen, were released on Saturday, their families turned emotional. Shem Tov's grandmother exclaimed, "Omer, my joy! My life!”
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Hamas hands over first two of six Israeli hostages to Red cross in latest exchange
World | Feb 22, 2025, 02:02 PM ISTThe two hostages including Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 39, were put into Red Cross ambulances after being brought out onto a stage by masked and armed Hamas fighters.
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Netanyahu warns Hamas to 'pay full price' as it handovers 'Gazan' body in place of Israeli hostage
World | Feb 21, 2025, 03:44 PM ISTIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Hamas alleging it of returning wrong remains in place of Israeli hostage's body. Netanyahu called it a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement.
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Hamas returns bodies of 4 Israeli hostages, including mother and her two young children
World | Feb 20, 2025, 04:32 PM ISTThe Hamas militants displayed four black coffins on a stage in the Gaza Strip surrounded by banners, including a large one depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire.
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Israel will have to decide, says Trump as '12:00 O' Clock' deadline to release all hostage nears
World | Feb 15, 2025, 09:25 PM ISTAfter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza if Hamas did not release all hostages by Saturday, US President Donald Trump said, "Israel will now have to decide what they will do about the deadline."
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Hamas releases three Israeli hostages after 498 days in captivity; Watch family's emotional reaction
World | Feb 15, 2025, 03:55 PM ISTHamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages, Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen, Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov, after 498 days in captivity. The Israel Defence Forces have posted a video on X, showing family's reaction.
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Hamas to release Israeli-American man, two other hostages amid Netanyahu's threat to stop Gaza deal
World | Feb 14, 2025, 08:11 PM ISTAs Netanyahu threatens to withdraw from the Gaza ceasefire deal, Hamas has said it will release three more hostages on Saturday. Hamas has also released the details of the hostages to be released.