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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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Factbox: Three-Phase Ceasefire Deal Hamas Backs, But Israel Does Not
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it had agreed to a three-phased deal for a ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners swap, although an Israeli official said the deal was not acceptable to Israel because terms had been "softened".
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Hamas, Israel Talk Gaza Truce Deal
Hamas said Monday it is studying a proposal for a truce and hostage-prisoner swap after talks in Cairo, as Israel's defence minister said it is the right time for a deal, six months into a war with the Islamist militants in Gaza.
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A "Russian Roulette": Israeli Hostage Recalls 52 Days In Hamas Captivity
Israeli Sharon Alony-Cunio survived 52 days as a hostage in Gaza with her two little girls before she was released in an Israel-Hamas swap deal. But she fears for the life of her husband who is still captive in the bombarded Palestinian enclave.
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2 Israeli Women Hostages Handed Over By Hamas, Says Israel Army
The Israeli military said on Thursday it received two Israeli women hostages released in the Gaza Strip from the Red Cross.
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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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Minutes Before Ceasefire Deadline, Israel-Hamas Renew Hostage Swap Deal
A truce between Israel and Hamas will continue, both sides said Thursday, moments before the deal was due to expire, though details of any official agreement remained unclear.
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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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This 14-Year-Old Is Youngest Among 300 Palestinians To Be Freed By Israel
The vast majority of Palestinians slated for release under an Israel-Hamas swap deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, are teenage boys, an official Israeli list shows.
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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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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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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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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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Factbox: Three-Phase Ceasefire Deal Hamas Backs, But Israel Does Not
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it had agreed to a three-phased deal for a ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners swap, although an Israeli official said the deal was not acceptable to Israel because terms had been "softened".
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Hamas, Israel Talk Gaza Truce Deal
Hamas said Monday it is studying a proposal for a truce and hostage-prisoner swap after talks in Cairo, as Israel's defence minister said it is the right time for a deal, six months into a war with the Islamist militants in Gaza.
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A "Russian Roulette": Israeli Hostage Recalls 52 Days In Hamas Captivity
Israeli Sharon Alony-Cunio survived 52 days as a hostage in Gaza with her two little girls before she was released in an Israel-Hamas swap deal. But she fears for the life of her husband who is still captive in the bombarded Palestinian enclave.
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2 Israeli Women Hostages Handed Over By Hamas, Says Israel Army
The Israeli military said on Thursday it received two Israeli women hostages released in the Gaza Strip from the Red Cross.
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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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Minutes Before Ceasefire Deadline, Israel-Hamas Renew Hostage Swap Deal
A truce between Israel and Hamas will continue, both sides said Thursday, moments before the deal was due to expire, though details of any official agreement remained unclear.
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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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This 14-Year-Old Is Youngest Among 300 Palestinians To Be Freed By Israel
The vast majority of Palestinians slated for release under an Israel-Hamas swap deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, are teenage boys, an official Israeli list shows.
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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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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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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.
