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  • Israelis gather at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to demand the return of the hostage bodies still held in Gaza on Sunday, October 26.
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    Israel says it has received body of deceased hostage transferred from Hamas
  • US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Knesset on the day Trump addresses it, in Jerusalem, on October 13.
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    Trump’s babysitting of Netanyahu puts the US in charge on Gaza
  • Presiding Judge Iwasawa Yuji, second from the right, starts reading the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.
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    UN’s top court rebukes Israel over Gaza aid restrictions during war
  • The remains of Arye Zalmanovich, an Israeli hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, were returned to Israel on Tuesday.
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    Oldest hostage taken by Hamas among two deceased returned to Israel Tuesday
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    Israel identifies body of deceased hostage as Sergeant Major Tal Haimi
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in the state memorial ceremony for the soldiers killed in the War, at Mt. Herzl, In Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Photo via AP)
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    Netanyahu says ‘struggle is not over’ as dispute with Hamas over hostage bodies continues
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    Masked Hamas fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as the group fights with rival powers
  • Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, speaks at the weekly 'Bring Them Home' rally in Hostage Square Hostages Square on October 11, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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    Fury grows in Israel over delayed release of deceased hostages
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  • People greet freed Palestinian prisoners as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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    Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons
  • Omri Miran embraces his father Dani in Re'im, Israel, after his release from captivity on Monday.
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    Key moments from a momentous day for Israelis and Palestinians
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  • A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris". REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
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    Iranian court gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens on spying charges
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  • Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas, man a checkpoint in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2025. Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on October 10, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes.
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    Hamas asserts control in Gaza and targets alleged collaborators as ceasefire takes hold
  • Between grief and joy, Israel awaits the return of its hostages
  • Twin brothers, childhood friends and IDF soldiers: Who are the hostages still held in Gaza?
  • See how two years of war, loss and heartbreak has changed these Palestinians in Gaza
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    Video Cautious optimism in Israel and Gaza after ceasefire plan agreement 1:13
  • Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef makes comeback to state TV after more than a decade in exile
  • Hamas is demanding the release of a prominent Palestinian prisoner. This could be a red line for Israel
  • October 7 prompted some Jews to leave Israel. For others, the country offers shelter from rising global antisemitism
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