Archives for November, 2023

Under the Hamas-Israel deal, 50 hostages are due to be freed in return for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails

The psychological effect of being held hostage

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Families wait for Hamas hostages

Analysis

First Israeli hostages return home, but Hamas war is nowhere near over

Israelis are praying that hostage release process — which kicked off with the liberation of 13 children, mothers and elderly women — means that the other 37 abductees included in the deal with Hamas will also come home.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

To date, 37 people have arrived in Bosnia from Gaza

'No more life there': Gaza refugees start anew in Bosnia

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Israeli soldiers patrol in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on November 5, 2023, nearly a month after the October 7 attack by Palestinian militants that left more that 1400 Isaelis dead. The printing press in Beeri, an Israeli community that suffered one of Hamas's worst atrocities on October 7, has started up again in a small step towards recovery. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP

As Israel’s economy slows, investors ask how long will Hamas war go on

Despite fears, previous periods of violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank showed the Israeli economy emerging stronger on the other side.

Turkish football supporters hold banners reading "There is a genocide in Gaza" and "Children killer Israel" during a demonstration to demand a stop to the bombings in Gaza in front of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, on November 18, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Why is Turkey securing trade with Israel as Erdogan cheers on Hamas?

The Turkish president may be the loudest leader speaking up for the Palestinians, but he has paid no heed to calls for sanctions that could really bite Israel.

Border crossing

39 Palestinian prisoners freed under Hamas-Israel deal

By agreement, 150 Palestinians are expected to be released from Israeli jails, while 50 hostages held by Hamas will be turned over during a four-day cease-fire in Gaza.

Gaza water

Life in displacement in Gaza: in search for safety, fuel, drinkable water

Amid shortages of drinking water, displaced women face a daily struggle to secure drinking water for their children.

Red Cross jeeps reportedly carrying Israeli hostages cross the Rafah border point between Gaza and Egypt

Hamas frees hostages as Gaza truce takes hold

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Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters head home during a pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip

Gazans fill streets heading home as truce begins

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Forlorn Israeli soldier, hostages

Breaking | Last Updated: November 24, 2023, 6:44 pm

Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages

After a one-day delay, the Qatar-mediated deal for the liberation of hostages held in Gaza is underway.

Dubai, home to the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, will host the COP28 UN climate talks

'Repressive state': climate activists fear COP28 clampdown in UAE

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Players from Club Deportivo Palestino prepare to take the field in Santiago, Chile, on November 23, 2023

For a diaspora soccer club in Chile, 'Palestine exists'

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Gleaming skyscrapers have sprouted from the once barren desert

UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host

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Hostages seized by Palestinian militants will require extensive psychological support, experts say

'You are in a safe place': Israel prepares to embrace hostages

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Tunisian actress Hend Sabri poses for photos at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

Film star Hend Sabri quits as WFP ambassador over Gaza war

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A girl carrying a bird cage flees following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Entire families 'wiped out' as war rages in Gaza

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