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A fragile Gaza cease-fire holds for now, as Hamas frees eight more hostages
TEL AVIV — Israel rejoiced Thursday as Hamas militants freed eight more hostages who had been held for more than 15 months in the Gaza…
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The Best-Selling Novelist Kaveh Akbar Leans Into His Poetic Roots
Kaveh Akbar may be best known for his début novel, “Martyr!” (a finalist for the National Book Award), but he began his career as a poet.…
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Qatar will help Trump "pressure" Israel and Hamas to uphold Gaza ceasefire
A Qatari official has told Newsweek that the country at the center of the recently established ceasefire agreement between Israel and the…
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Thousands of Palestinians stream back to northern Gaza as cease-fire with Israel holds
BEIRUT — Almost 16 months after Israel ordered them to flee south, displaced Palestinians began a long-anticipated reverse exodus on…
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Israeli-German hostage to be released, mediators in Qatar announce
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Talks under way to secure release of further Israeli hostage in Gaza
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Palestinians' return on hold as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching truce deal
Thousands of displaced Palestinians have been prevented from returning to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip, after Israel blocked…
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Four Israeli hostages released by Hamas in carefully staged handover
Four female Israeli soldiers taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October 2023 were released on Saturday as part of a swap which will also see 200…
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Israel: UNRWA must leave Jerusalem by January 30
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Cease-fire in Gaza Strip was widely welcomed. It may not last. Here's why.
WASHINGTON — Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between…
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Israeli military kills armed man amid violent clashes in Gaza Strip
Despite the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, several violent encounters have occurred involving armed or masked Palestinians, an Israeli…
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Palestinians are finally able to return to their Gaza homes — only to find them reduced to ruins
TEL AVIV — Buildings burnt out and reduced to rubble were all that was left to return to for thousands of displaced Palestinians who made…
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Palestinians in West Bank wait anxiously for prisoners to be released
The families of 90 Palestinian prisoners are waiting anxiously in the occupied West Bank for them to be released from Israeli jails as…
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"Shabbat Shalom": Israel's government approves ceasefire deal
Israel's government approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas early Saturday morning. The deal was revealed earlier this week, when negotiators…
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'We have been waiting a long time' - Palestinians react to ceasefire deal
"We have been waiting for this for a long time," 17-year-old Sanabel says. "Finally, I will put my head on my pillow without worrying."…
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Israel and Hamas Reach Ceasefire Deal after 15 Months of War as 33 Israeli Hostages Set to Return in Exchange of Hundreds of Palestinians
Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to halt the fighting in the Gaza Strip and to release more than a third of the Israeli hostages, who…
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Palestinians say 20 dead in Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip
At least 20 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency…
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Israeli drone strike in West Bank kills two children, Palestinians say
Two children were among three Palestinians from the same extended family killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank on…
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More than 40 killed in latest Israeli attacks on Gaza, report says
At least 41 people have been killed in the latest attacks carried out by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news…
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Hamas police chief among 40 reported killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in 15 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's Hamas-run Civil…
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President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds
Of all the legacies of Jimmy Carter, his engagement with the Middle East might have been the most complex and consequential — and perhaps…
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Heavy rainfall causes flooding in war-torn Gaza
Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in war-torn Gaza. Images of flooded tent camps for displaced Palestinians circulated on…
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Breakfast with Jimmy Carter in a tense Khartoum
Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum. It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was…
Politics
The Remarkable Collapse of Iran’s Powerful Alliances
For forty-five years, Tehran’s Shiite theocracy has heralded its political system as a model for all predominantly Muslim countries—and…