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Hamas deplores Israel's delay of release of Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2025-02-23 09:32:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11078623

GAZA CITY, Feb 23 (MENA) - Hamas condemned Israel's decision to delay the release of Palestinian prisoners, Al Qahera Al Ikhbariya reported. Hamas dismissed as fake pretext the claims of Israel on humiliating ceremonies of hostage ....

Israel detains seven Palestinians in Nablus

Date: 2025-02-23 07:12:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11078536

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained in the wee hours of Sunday seven Palestinians in Nablus. Israeli forces also stormed the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they embarked on ....

Israel delays release of seventh batch of prisoners under ceasefire agreement

Date: 2025-02-23 06:33:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11078500

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission announced that Israeli authorities have postponed the release of the seventh batch of Palestinian prisoners to an ....

Red Cross hands over Israeli occupation forces 3 captives

Date: 2025-02-22 13:40:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11077843

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Released captives Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert have crossed the border into Israel, after 505 days in Hamas captivity, the Israeli occupation forces were quoted by the Times of Israel newspaper as saying on ....

Hamas renews readiness to complete “large” captive swap operation based on final Gaza ceasefire deal

Date: 2025-02-22 08:53:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11077540

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Hamas renewed Saturday its readiness to complete a “large” captive swap operation, which is based on a final ceasefire agreement, the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces and the reconstruction of the war-ravaged Gaza ....

OPEN// Hamas hands over 2 Israeli captives to Red Cross

Date: 2025-02-22 08:47:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11077506

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Saturday morning handed over two Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in eastern Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. The latest release is ....

OCHA says aid operations continuing in Gaza

Date: 2025-02-22 08:27:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11077518

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said. Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 ....

Trump says his Gaza takeover plan ‘really works,’ but he won’t impose it

Date: 2025-02-21 22:05:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11077334

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he did not intend to impose his Gaza plan on anyone. “I’m not forcing it. I’m just going to sit back and recommend it, and then the US would own the site,” he said in an ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli PM storming into Tulkarm camp

Date: 2025-02-21 20:27:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11077187

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry condemned on Friday the storming by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz into the northern occupied West Bank refugee camp of ....

Italian FM visits Gaza children with cancer transferred to Italy for treatment

Date: 2025-02-21 19:11:45 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11077119

ROME, Feb 21 (MENA) - Italy is ready to bring more Palestinian children to receive treatment at its hospitals through the “Food for Gaza” project which has also been extended to health aspects, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International ....