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Red Cross hands over Israeli occupation forces 3 captives

Date: 2025-02-22 13:40:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11077843

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Released captives Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert have crossed the border into Israel, after 505 days in Hamas captivity, the Israeli occupation forces were quoted by the Times of Israel newspaper as saying on ....

Hamas renews readiness to complete “large” captive swap operation based on final Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-02-22 08:53:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11077540

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Hamas renewed Saturday its readiness to complete a “large” captive swap operation, which is based on a final ceasefire agreement, the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces and the reconstruction of the war-ravaged Gaza ....

OPEN// Hamas hands over 2 Israeli captives to Red Cross

Date: 2025-02-22 08:47:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11077506

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Saturday morning handed over two Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in eastern Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. The latest release is ....

OCHA says aid operations continuing in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-22 08:27:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11077518

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said. Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 ....

Trump says his Gaza takeover plan ‘really works,’ but he won’t impose it

Date: 2025-02-21 22:05:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11077334

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he did not intend to impose his Gaza plan on anyone. “I’m not forcing it. I’m just going to sit back and recommend it, and then the US would own the site,” he said in an ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli PM storming into Tulkarm camp

Date: 2025-02-21 20:27:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11077187

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry condemned on Friday the storming by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz into the northern occupied West Bank refugee camp of ....

Italian FM visits Gaza children with cancer transferred to Italy for treatment

Date: 2025-02-21 19:11:45 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11077119

ROME, Feb 21 (MENA) - Italy is ready to bring more Palestinian children to receive treatment at its hospitals through the “Food for Gaza” project which has also been extended to health aspects, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International ....

Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Jenin

Date: 2025-02-21 17:40:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:11077149

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed on Friday by Israeli forces’ live fire in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency quoted the Palestinian Health Ministry as saying. The ....

Gaza reconstruction impossible as long as it's under Hamas control: US state sec.

Date: 2025-02-21 17:31:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11077105

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the reconstruction and governance of the Gaza Strip will be impossible as long as the strip is under the control of Hamas. "As long as Hamas is in Gaza, there will never be ....

Hamas says 6 Israeli captives to be released Saturday

Date: 2025-02-21 17:06:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:11076934

GAZA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Hamas movement said Friday "it has no interest in violating the ceasefire commitment or retaining any bodies of Israeli detainees in Gaza." In a statement, Hamas emphasized its seriousness and commitment to ....