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Israel resumes airstrikes after it says Hamas violated truce

1:46pm December 01, 2023

Israel's military resumed combat operations in the Palestinian enclave after a seven-day cease-fire broke down. During the pause, Hamas freed some 100 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians.

Thai nationals ride a bus as they leave Shamir hospital in Ramle, Israel, on Wednesday, on their way back to Thailand after being released from Hamas' custody.

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Mediators work to extend Israel-Hamas truce after final planned hostage swap

8:53pm November 29, 2023

U.S. and Israeli officials are in Qatar working on a new cease-fire extension. On Wednesday, Hamas released 16 hostages from Gaza. Israel says more than 140 hostages remain in captivity.

From left to right, top: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. From left to right, bottom: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on Israel, Ukraine and China

4:41pm November 29, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Foreign policy doesn't always make headlines in presidential campaigns, but with the U.S. involved in two foreign wars — and facing a rising adversary in China, voters are paying more attention.

Israeli protesters call for the release of the Bibas family, whose members are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday.

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Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners as part of extended exchanges for hostages

6:05pm November 28, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Hamas had earlier Tuesday released 10 Israelis and two foreigners before 30 Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons on the fifth day of a temporary truce between the two sides.

Israelis gather to witness the first batch of released hostages being brought to Schneider Hospital via helicopter on Nov. 24.

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What to know about the hostages still held by Hamas

4:44pm November 28, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Under an extension of a temporary cease-fire, Hamas freed 12 more hostages on Tuesday, including 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals, Israel's military said. About 160 hostages remain in captivity.

Palestinian prisoner Khalil Zama, right, hugs his mother after being released from an Israeli jail in exchange for Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, at his home in Halhul village north Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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More captives are freed as Israel and Hamas agree to extend their truce in Gaza

4:23pm November 27, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Eleven Israelis have been freed by Hamas after the two sides announced a two-day continuation of their temporary cease-fire to facilitate more hostages-for-prisoners swaps.

This picture taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing in the the Palestinian territory after an Israeli strike on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

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Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel

5:09am November 27, 2023

by Shannon Bond

As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope.

A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages drives by at the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.

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Hamas says it wants to extend truce after latest exchange of captives with Israel

3:53pm November 26, 2023

The announcement from the Islamist militant group came after a third hostages-for-prisoners swap with Israel in which 17 captives and 39 Palestinian prisoners were released.

Emily Hand, 9, shown with her father Tom Hand, was one of the Israeli hostage released Saturday by Hamas. Israeli authorities first thought she was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, but the Israeli military later determined she was alive. She was reunited with her father in the early hours of Sunday.

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First thought to be dead, a 9-year-old Israeli girl is released by Hamas

10:58am November 26, 2023

by Greg Myre

Israeli officials first told Emily Hand's father that his daughter was killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack. The Israelis later found evidence she was alive and she's now reunited with her father.

We came to the Hitten refugee camp in Jordan to ask how people were feeling.

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We visited a camp for Palestinians and heard despair for Gaza — and anger at America

8:28am November 23, 2023

We came to a refugee camp in Jordan to ask what is on people's minds, as war and violence unfold in places that may be miles away, but that feel central to their identities.

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