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Palestinian youths sit amid the rubble of a building overlooking an area secured by Palestinian Hamas fighters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, before the release of three Israeli hostaged on February 15, 2025, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange. Gaza militants are due to release three Israeli hostages on February 15 in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody, the latest swap of a truce that came close to collapse this week. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

Israel-Hamas War Day 499 || Israeli Team to Join Cease-fire Talks in Cairo, Security Cabinet to Discuss Stage 2

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President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington.

Opinion || Trump and Netanyahu Have Devised the Crime of the Century

Aida Touma-Sliman

Iair Horn reuniting with his family in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, on Saturday.

Israel-Hamas War Day 498 || Netanyahu, Security Chiefs Discuss Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal, Second-stage Talks

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This Israeli Scholar Has a Question for Mizrahim: 'When Will You Realize You're Arabs?'

Ronen Tal

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi greets a member of the Egyptian delegation, at the Presidential Airport, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 16, 2025.

Reports: Egypt Applying 'Heavy Pressure' to Prevent Hamas From Controlling Gaza Rebuild

Jack Khoury

Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel Chen, left, and Israeli-Russian Alexander Troufanov, are escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants before being handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Interrogations, Isolation, Undrinkable Water: Hostages Describe Torture in Hamas Captivity

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Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli in 2023.

'A Dangerous Message' || Hostage Family Members Beg Conference of Presidents to Cancel Invite to Diaspora Minister

Judy Maltz

Israeli hostages Iair Horn, 46, left, Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, and Alexander Troufanov, 29, are escorted by Hamas and Palestinian Ilamic Jihad fighters as they are handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Analysis || Israel Works to Speed Up First-stage Hostage Release Amid Hamas Crisis, Trump Threats

Jonathan Lis

Opinion || If Anyone Should 'Not Forget nor Forgive,' It's the Palestinians

Gideon Levy

Shira Haas attending the world premiere of "Captain America: Brave New World" in Hollywood last week,

Sabra-cadabra: Marvel Makes Israeli Superhero Disappear in 'Captain America'

Adrian Hennigan

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