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24.02.2025 10:40 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indefinitely delayed the release of what would have been the biggest group of Palestinian prisoners so far

24.02.2025 10:40 Hamas has previously claimed that the mother and her two sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

24.02.2025 10:40 The return of the children in coffins, and their mother's absence, is being painfully felt across the country.

24.02.2025 05:33 In 2008, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged the Palestinian leader to agree to a two-state solution. The map he drew has never been revealed to media - until now.

23.02.2025 19:40 The coffin of the late Hezbollah leader was paraded through huge crowds of mourners.

23.02.2025 19:40 Israel's defence minister says the camps are now "empty" and would be occupied by the Israeli military.

23.02.2025 14:40 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the prisoners won't be freed until the next release of hostages is guaranteed.

23.02.2025 14:40 The potential find comes just days after the announcement of the discovery of King Thutmose II's tomb.

22.02.2025 14:10 A sixth, Hisham al-Sayed, will be released without a public ceremony later today - according to Israeli media.

22.02.2025 14:10 The grandson of Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned to Israel this week, speaks to the BBC.

21.02.2025 03:10 In its statement, the Israeli military demanded Hamas return the body of Shiri Bibas.

20.02.2025 22:00 While no casualties have been reported at this stage, all public transport services have been paused.

20.02.2025 22:00 Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned from Gaza on Thursday, was a campaigner for peace and had many Palestinian friends.

20.02.2025 17:30 Many held out hope that the Bibas family might have still been alive.

20.02.2025 07:00 Humanitarian workers fear the detention of staff and cuts in funding will be a "death sentence" for Yemenis.