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. welcome to cnn news central. wolf blitzer is in tel aviv. the agreement has been reached to extend the israel-hamas truce by two days. since friday, 58 hostages have been released by hamas in exchange for 117 palestinian prisoners and detainees in israeli custody. today was supposed to be the fourth and final day of releases. but qatar says the agreement has been extended. the white house just confirming that hamas will release 20 additional hostages over the next two days. >> and ...

hamas has released 14 more israeli hostages today, the third day of the ceasefire, and no word on the american hostages that the white house had believed could be included today. since bibi netanyahus war cabinet accepted the deal, hamas has now released 40 israeli hostages and the release of 150 palestinian prisoners. of course, were very happy for those released and their anguished families. net an ya hue stressed the war will continue. >> and assure that the day after hamas, there w...

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AMELIE BOTBOL (January 26, 2024 / JNS) Thousands gathered this week at 25 protests across Israel, organized by 130 organizations including women groups, calling for the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Many women here in Israel feel responsible to do everything they can to promote a deal to bring […]

A moving vigil was held on the fourth night of Hanukkah in Kibbutz Shefayim, central Israel, and was attended by people displaced by the October 7 atrocities.

All together, during the cease-fire, 105 hostages were released from Hamas captivity.

After a four-hour delay to the hostage swap on Saturday, there is concern about the fragility of negotiations

These hostages were held in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7 this year. 

  The United States President, Joe Biden, has privately apologised and vowed to “do better” to a group of Muslim Americans for casting “excessive skepticism” over the number of Palestinian deaths released by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.   Daily Mail UK reports that President Biden faced five community figureheads who were furious one day after he publicly dismissed a Palestinian death toll on October 25.