Seven of the nearly 100 hostages held in Gaza are U.S. citizens, several of whom are confirmed dead.
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Israel’s security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal
Israel’s security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later today.
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How the Gaza war has remade the Middle East
What began as a battle between Israel and Hamas morphed into a much wider regional conflict that has reshaped much of the Middle East.
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Israel and Hamas reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said.
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U.S. ambassador to Israel makes his final push for release of U.S. hostages from Gaza
“We are going to do everything we can in this round to get all the American hostages, living and dead, out,” Ambassador Jacob J. Lew tells NPR. His tenure as President Biden’s envoy ends this month.
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Lebanon chooses a new president after two years without one
Lebanon’s parliament chose the head of the country’s armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that’s been vacant since October 2022.
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Hamas and Israel are negotiating the release of 34 hostages from Gaza
The deal would secure release of a third of the approximately 100 hostages who remain in Gaza, including two dual U.S.-Israeli nationals. In return, Israel would release some Palestinian prisoners.
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Egyptian and Israeli leaders send condolences for Carter, who brokered their peace treaty
One of the crowning foreign policy achievements of Carter’s single term as U.S. president was brokering a series of agreements that later came to be called the Camp David accords in 1978.
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Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital. WHO chief says he was nearby
A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health Organization said the bombardment occurred as he prepared to board a flight.
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How an Israeli community helped its children heal from trauma after the Oct. 7 attack
Kibbutz Be’eri was hit hard in the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023. Survivors were evacuated to a hotel, where they worked together to create programs to help their children recover from trauma.
