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13 Years Ago, Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar Was Released By Israel In Swap Deal
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, was released by Israel in 2011 as part of a major prisoner swap deal that involved the release of 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
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Negotiators Push For New 2-Day Extension Of Gaza Truce: Egypt
Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are pushing for a new two-day extension to the truce in Gaza along with more prisoner releases and an increase in the delivery of humanitarian aid, a statement from Egypt's state media body said on Thursday.
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Ready To Swap All Israeli Soldiers For All Palestinian Prisoners: Hamas
A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday the Islamist movement was ready to release all the Israeli soldiers it is holding captive in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, amid negotiations to extend a truce over Gaza.
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2nd Stage Of Hostage-Prisoner Release Today: All About Israel-Hamas Truce Deal
Israel and Palestinian group Hamas started a four-day truce on Friday morning and the first group of hostages was released later that day.
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Hamas To Free 14 Hostages For 42 Palestinians Held By Israel In 2nd Swap
Hamas fighters were set to release a second group of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, officials said, as a truce largely held in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands of people.
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Hamas Playing "Psychological Games" Over Hostages, Says Israel Minister
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused Hamas on Sunday of playing "psychological games" over hostages after it offered to free all captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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Netanyahu Says "Existential Test" For Israel, Hamas Demands Prisoner Swap
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the war against Hamas in Gaza will be "long and difficult", describing the situation as an "existential test" for Israel.
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Hamas Chief Says Ready For "Immediate" Prisoner Exchange Deal With Israel
Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said Saturday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for an "immediate" prisoner swap with Israel.
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Qatar Negotiating Hostage-Prisoner Swap Between Israel, Hamas: Report
Qatar have held urgent calls with Hamas officials to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli hostages seized by the terrorist group and held in Gaza in exchange for release of 36 Palestinian women, children from Israel's prisons, a source told Reuters.
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Explained: Why $6 Billion US-Iran Deal Is In Spotlight After Hamas Attack
The Palestinian group Hamas's surprise assault on Israel Saturday and Israel's retaliation have killed more than 1,100 people and focused attention on the Iran-backed Islamist group.
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Israel Re-Arrests Former Palestinian Prisoners in Hunt for Teens
Israel re-arrested 51 Palestinians freed in a 2011 prisoner swap deal, the army said on Wednesday, in the sixth day of a hunt for three missing teenagers believed abducted in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel completes swap for captured soldier
Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity.
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Egypt swaps arrested US-Israeli for 25 prisoners
A U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt as a suspected spy flew to freedom in Israel and into his mother's arms on Thursday after more than four months in jail, after a prisoner swap deal that has eased friction between the two countries.
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Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit free after more than 1,800 days in captivity
The five-year ordeal of Israel's abducted soldier Gilad Shalit came to an end on Tuesday as his captors, Hamas militants, handed him over to Egyptian authorities, bringing huge relief to the Jewish state.
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Israel starts releasing Palestinian prisoners in exchange deal
A prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began on Tuesday with the first of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being released from jails as part of a landmark deal that will see captured soldier Gilad Shalit return home.
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13 Years Ago, Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar Was Released By Israel In Swap Deal
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, was released by Israel in 2011 as part of a major prisoner swap deal that involved the release of 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
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Negotiators Push For New 2-Day Extension Of Gaza Truce: Egypt
Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are pushing for a new two-day extension to the truce in Gaza along with more prisoner releases and an increase in the delivery of humanitarian aid, a statement from Egypt's state media body said on Thursday.
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Ready To Swap All Israeli Soldiers For All Palestinian Prisoners: Hamas
A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday the Islamist movement was ready to release all the Israeli soldiers it is holding captive in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, amid negotiations to extend a truce over Gaza.
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2nd Stage Of Hostage-Prisoner Release Today: All About Israel-Hamas Truce Deal
Israel and Palestinian group Hamas started a four-day truce on Friday morning and the first group of hostages was released later that day.
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Hamas To Free 14 Hostages For 42 Palestinians Held By Israel In 2nd Swap
Hamas fighters were set to release a second group of hostages Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, officials said, as a truce largely held in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands of people.
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Hamas Playing "Psychological Games" Over Hostages, Says Israel Minister
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused Hamas on Sunday of playing "psychological games" over hostages after it offered to free all captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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Netanyahu Says "Existential Test" For Israel, Hamas Demands Prisoner Swap
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the war against Hamas in Gaza will be "long and difficult", describing the situation as an "existential test" for Israel.
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Hamas Chief Says Ready For "Immediate" Prisoner Exchange Deal With Israel
Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said Saturday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for an "immediate" prisoner swap with Israel.
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Qatar Negotiating Hostage-Prisoner Swap Between Israel, Hamas: Report
Qatar have held urgent calls with Hamas officials to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli hostages seized by the terrorist group and held in Gaza in exchange for release of 36 Palestinian women, children from Israel's prisons, a source told Reuters.
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Explained: Why $6 Billion US-Iran Deal Is In Spotlight After Hamas Attack
The Palestinian group Hamas's surprise assault on Israel Saturday and Israel's retaliation have killed more than 1,100 people and focused attention on the Iran-backed Islamist group.
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Israel Re-Arrests Former Palestinian Prisoners in Hunt for Teens
Israel re-arrested 51 Palestinians freed in a 2011 prisoner swap deal, the army said on Wednesday, in the sixth day of a hunt for three missing teenagers believed abducted in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel completes swap for captured soldier
Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity.
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Egypt swaps arrested US-Israeli for 25 prisoners
A U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt as a suspected spy flew to freedom in Israel and into his mother's arms on Thursday after more than four months in jail, after a prisoner swap deal that has eased friction between the two countries.
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Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit free after more than 1,800 days in captivity
The five-year ordeal of Israel's abducted soldier Gilad Shalit came to an end on Tuesday as his captors, Hamas militants, handed him over to Egyptian authorities, bringing huge relief to the Jewish state.
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Israel starts releasing Palestinian prisoners in exchange deal
A prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began on Tuesday with the first of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being released from jails as part of a landmark deal that will see captured soldier Gilad Shalit return home.
