Hamas frees five hostages in Gaza after body of Shiri Bibas returned

Hamas freed five hostages and was set to release one more from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas.

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Egypt's Sisi takes role in talks as Arab nations try to find alternative to Donald Trump&s Gaza plan

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi left Riyadh after participating in an informal meeting yesterday to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Gulf Arab states and Jordan, the presidency said in a statement on Facebook.

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Israel announces crackdown in West Bank after Tel Aviv bus explosions

Israel has vowed to intensify &anti-terror& activity in the West Bank after three buses exploded in a suspected terror attack on Thursday night in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv.

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Benjamin Netanyahu vows revenge after wrong body released by Hamas

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge yesterday for what he described as a &cruel and malicious violation& of the Gaza ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother of two small boys, as the militant group had promised.

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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation as Hamas pledges to investigate

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a &cruel and malicious violation& of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother of two small boys, as the militant group had promised.

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Hamas ‘will pay full price& for returning body of Gazan woman instead of hostage mother & Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman, and not that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday.

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