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Reuters
Jul 19, 2025

Trump says more hostages to be released from Gaza shortly

The truce proposal calls for 10 hostages held in Gaza to be returned along with the bodies of 18 others, spread out over 60 days.

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Reuters
May 08, 2025

Trump says more information coming on potential new Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal

“A lot of talk going on about Gaza right now,” Trump said at the White House. “You’ll be knowing probably in the next 24 hours.”

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AFP
Apr 15, 2025

What we know about Israel’s latest Gaza ceasefire proposal

A previous ceasefire, initiated on January 19, resulted in the release of 33 hostages in exchange for about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners, before it collapsed two months later.

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AFP
Mar 05, 2025

Israelis bid farewell to hostage in emotional kibbutz funeral

Ohad Yahalomi was declared dead in January 2024 in a video released by a Hamas-affiliated group

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Reuters
Feb 20, 2025

Israel to receive bodies of youngest Gaza hostages

Israel braced on Thursday for the return of the bodies of infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.

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Reuters
Feb 08, 2025

Hamas frees three hostages, whose frail condition shocks Israelis

In exchange, Israel will release 183 Palestinian prisoners, some convicted of involvement in attacks that killed dozens of people and including 18 serving life sentences and 111 detained in Gaza during the war, according to Hamas.

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Web Desk
Jan 25, 2025

Hamas names four Israeli female soldier hostages to be freed in second swap

The exchange follows the release on Sunday, the ceasefire’s first day, of three Israeli women and 90 Palestinian prisoners, the first such exchange in more than a year.