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WHO says Israel and Hamas agree to pauses in fighting for polio vaccination in Gaza
Key PointsA World Health Organization official says Israel and Hamas have agreed to three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza.The pauses will allow the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, which has re-emerged in the enclave.The WHO has confirmed at least one baby has been paralysed by the virus, the first case in the territory
Hamas to consider ceasefire-hostage release proposal that Israeli sources say could avert Rafah invasion
Riyadh and Jerusalem CNN — Hamas is considering a new framework proposed by Egypt that calls for the group to release as many as 33 hostages kidnapped from Israel in exchange for a pause in hostilities in Gaza, an Israeli source familiar with the negotiations and a foreign diplomatic source told CNN.The latest proposal, which Israel helped craft but has not fully agreed to, is laid
Gaza cease-fire is up to Hamas now, Whie House says
Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal
Hamas must locate dozens more hostages to extend truce, says Qatar
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Hamas operative killed in IDF shootout was brother of slain soldier’s kidnapper
One of the Palestinian gunmen who was killed in a West Bank shootout with Israel Defense Force troops earlier this week was the brother of one of the Hamas fighters involved in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman. Ahmad Zahran’s brother Zahran Zahran was killed by Israeli security forces — reportedly…