James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:24:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Israel says it is postponing release of Palestinian prisoners https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/02/23/israel-says-it-is-postponing-release-of-palestinian-prisoners/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:11:04 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on Feb. 16. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via Reuters)

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]]> Hamas frees five hostages in Gaza after body of Shiri Bibas returned https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/02/22/hamas-frees-five-hostages-in-gaza-after-body-of-shiri-bibas-returned/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:04:47 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= A drone view shows people and Palestinian Hamas militants gather around International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles on the day Avera Mengistu, who entered Gaza around a decade ago and has been held there since, and Tal Shoham, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released by Palestinian Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)

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]]> Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/02/20/hamas-hands-over-bodies-of-youngest-gaza-hostages-taken-from-israel/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:59 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= Palestinian militants and members of the Red Cross gather near vehicles on the day Hamas hands over deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack, to the Red Cross, as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, Feb. 20. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

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