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    Israel identifies body of tenth hostage as a 75-year-old man as delicate truce enters second week
  • Hostage families and supporters gather in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on Saturday to demand the immediate release of the bodies of the deceased hostages.
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    Hamas returns bodies of two hostages as US State Department issues warning against breaking ceasefire
  • The Israeli army handed over the bodies of Palestinians to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which transferred them to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
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    Uncertainty surrounds identities of more than 100 Palestinian bodies handed over by Israel
  • Vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross carry the bodies of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after their transfer by Hamas under a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ABOOD ABUSALAMA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates October 16, 2025 – Gaza ceasefire news
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Families gathered in Tel Aviv's Hostages' Square Saturday, in a demonstration all hoped would be the last.
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    Between grief and joy, Israel awaits the return of its hostages
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  • Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip celebrate after the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, as they gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 9, 2025.
    Emilio Morenatti/AP
    Celebration and trepidation in Gaza and Israel following ceasefire plan agreement
  • A woman passes a placard with the lettering 'Bring them home now' that is seen among portraits of hostages and victims of Palestinian militant group Hamas that are attached to the fence of the New Synagogue in Berlin on October 6, 2025, one day before the second anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on October 6, with US President Trump urging negotiators to "move fast" to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel have responded positively to Trump's proposal for an end to the fighting and the release of captives in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israel assesses Hamas may not be able to return all remaining dead hostages, sources say
  • People visit a memorial for the victims killed at or kidnapped from the Supernova music festival during the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants, at the festival site near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, on the eve of the attacks' first anniversary on October 6, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Twin brothers, childhood friends and IDF soldiers: Who are the hostages still held in Gaza?
  • Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp in northwest Gaza on Thursday.
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    What we know and don’t know about Trump’s deal to end the war in Gaza
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    Video Cautious optimism in Israel and Gaza after ceasefire plan agreement 1:13
  • TEL AVIV - SEPTEMBER29: (ISRAEL OUT) Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is taken away under escort September 29, 2003 in Tel Aviv, Israel after continued proceedings in his trial in the Tel Aviv District Court. Barghouti, head of the Fatah Tanzim movement, refused to testify in his trial charging that the outcome of the court case was predetermined. Israel has charged Barghouti with leading and conducting suicide attacks on Israeli targets and is accused of murder and attempted murder. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Hamas is demanding the release of a prominent Palestinian prisoner. This could be a red line for Israel
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  • Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila sit in a vessel making their way to Israel, after Israel intercepted some of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in this handout image released on October 2, 2025.
    Israel Foreign Ministry/Reuters
    Returning Gaza flotilla activists claim mistreatment in Israeli detention, fear for remaining prisoners
  • Few women lawmakers elected in Syria’s first parliamentary election since ousting of Bashar al-Assad
  • Global outrage has grown after two years of bombardment in Gaza. In Israel, it is a different story
  • Greta Thunberg and other activists detained as Israeli military intercepts Gaza-bound aid ships
  • Members of the media raise their hands to ask questions as U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
    Trump announced his 20-point Gaza peace plan. What comes next?
  • ‘I was put in the morgue’: Gazan teenage medical evacuee offers a glimpse into the horrors of Israel’s war for children
  • Trump promises ‘something special’ on Gaza as Israeli officials say Netanyahu has reservations on ceasefire plan
  • When Trump meets Netanyahu, he’ll meet a politician transformed
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