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Families of Israeli captives demand 'urgent update' on new hostage deal
Fp Staff •Many family members have even expressed shock at media reports saying that the Israeli war cabinet decided not to send the head of Mossad to Qatar to strike a new hostage deal, demanding an "immediate explanation" from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Killed, Missing or Still in Captivity? Where is 10-month-old baby Kfir Bibas, Israel's youngest hostage?
Fp Explainers •10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his elder brother and parents were abducted from a kibbutz in the south of Israel on 7 October. Hamas militants claim the infant was killed during an Israeli air strike in Gaza, while the IDF allege that the family has been transferred to another Palestinian militant group
Therapists, toys, choppers: IDF all set to receive hostages under operation 'Heaven's Door'
Ayndrila Banerjee •Once they are freed from the Gaza Strip via Egypt, the hostages will be brought to Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel for an initial reception where they will undergo a physical and mental checkup
Israel Prison Service begins to process 39 Palestinian terror convicts to be released under hostage deal
Fp Staff •The Israel Prison Service has reportedly started processing 39 Palestinian underage and female inmates for their release later today. After they are released, the prisoners will be taken to Ofer Prison in the West Bank following which they will be freed
Israel-Hamas hostage deal: Who will be released today? What happens after truce ends?
Fp Explainers •Hamas will release 13 hostages – all women and children – being held in Gaza today under a four-day truce with Israel. While their names are not publicised, these first batch of captives will be from the same families, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson
Qatar says Israel-Hamas hostage deal talks 'progressing positively,' announcement on timing to be made soon
Fp Staff •Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said that Doha is working with the two parties along with the US to 'ensure the rapid start of the truce and to provide what is necessary to ensure the parties’ commitment to the agreement'
Israel's Supreme Court rejects plea challenging hostage deal
Fp Staff •The Almagor Terror Victims Association, an organisation created in 1986 to represent terror victims, had asked the apex court to 'annul the government's decision [and] order [the government] to discuss again the terms of the deal with Hamas'
President Biden praises hostage deal that will free hostages held in Gaza Strip
Fp Staff •The Israeli government said that under an outline of the deal, Hamas is to free at least 50 of the roughly 240 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Qatar, which mediates with Hamas, said the start time will be announced in the next 24 hours and that it will last for four days.