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BIZARRE: 19 - What They Never Told You

UN chief warns Gaza aid delivery could collapse as Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house

UN secretary general says situation ‘fast deteriorating into catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications’

The Guardian - UK

The shadowy Hamas leader behind the war against Israel

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.

WEKU

Israel using captured Hamas prisoners to track down top leaders

As pressure grows on Israel to avoid civilian deaths, IDF believes killing leaders will collapse organisation

The Guardian - UK

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'How Are You Not Ashamed?' Elderly Hostage Told Hamas Leader: Grandson

After Hamas gunmen stormed into 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz's house and shot her husband in the hand, they threw her on a motorbike and dragged her off to a tunnel network beneath Gaza, her grandson Daniel says.

International Business Times

Gaza war: what do we know about the hostage-prisoner exchanges and are they likely to resume?

During the seven-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas, seven exchanges were made of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. But on November 30, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the eighth exchange and there has since been a resumption of the fighting…

The Conversation

How strong is Hamas and could there be another ceasefire in Gaza?

As fighting resumes, we look at the capabilities of the Palestinian militant group and who controls it

The Guardian - UK

Israeli hostage, 85, told Hamas chief he should be ‘ashamed of himself’

Peace activist Yocheved Lifshitz describes meeting Yahya Sinwar in Gaza tunnel network where she was held captive

The Guardian - UK

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Hostage talks show a battered Hamas is far from down and out

The militant group may be playing the long game, hoping to weaken Israel while building antipathy against it

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Ukraine, Gaza, and worldwide political chaos: we are entering the age of wicked problems

The news from home and abroad seems beset with what policy wonks call wicked problems. These are problems “difficult or impossible to solve,” says the dictionary definition, “because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.”

Evening Standard

Israelis and Palestinians can no longer avoid a fateful choice about their future

Breaking the cycle of unresolved conflicts will entail great risks, but it’s our only hope

The Guardian - UK

Survival, scandal, a secret cell: how the nail-biting Israel-Hamas hostage deal was done

Weeks of precarious talks finally led to Friday’s releases of captives. Here’s the inside story

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Cracks are showing in Hamas’s grip on Gaza while the IDF plot their campaign for the south of the strip

War can all of sudden turn battle commanders into fastidious lawyers when it comes to terms. Protesters marching in the streets of London may be calling for a ceasefire, but that is not what either side in the Middle East wants to call the minimum four-day halt they have just…

Evening Standard

Secrecy and public anger: how the Israel/Hamas ceasefire deal came about

Increasing pressure from the US and from the families of Israeli hostages were vital in securing agreement for the four-day truce

The Guardian - US

Benjamin Netanyahu warns war will continue until Hamas is eliminated

Israeli PM says conflict is not over after negotiation of four-day truce to release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

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Gaza ceasefire deal brings relief but little hope of durable peace

Israeli military and intelligence services reported to have backed deal but are clearly committed to continuing efforts to ‘crush’ Hamas

The Guardian - AU

Israel and Hamas agree deal for release of some hostages and four-day ceasefire

Fifty Israeli hostages held in Gaza will be freed over four days in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a lull in Israeli military operations

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu meeting with ministers amid signs hostage deal to be approved

‘I hope there will be good news soon’, says Israeli PM of potential deal for release of some of those held by Hamas

The Guardian - UK

Yahya Sinwar: the man who may hold key to release of Gaza hostages

Man described by Israel as architect of the 7 October attacks is now perhaps the most powerful figure in Hamas

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The Guardian - UK

The pressure on Netanyahu is starting to tell – this truce shows something has changed

A deal to pause hostilities in Gaza and free some hostages has been struck, but both sides are split on what happens next, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Hamas leader says militant group ‘close’ to truce agreement with Israel

Deal could include limited ceasefire and exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How a deal that could mean a truce in Gaza became possible

In today’s newsletter: Amid growing optimism that a deal to release Hamas hostages is back on, a former Israeli peace negotiator talks about what each side gets out of it

The Independent UK

UK announces sanctions on Hamas leaders and financiers

The action is co-ordinated with the US and aimed at disrupting operations.

The Guardian - UK

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed dozens of Hamas commanders, says IDF

Troops have entered Gaza City and fighting is under way but analysts say there is no sign yet Hamas is significantly weaker

The Independent UK

Surge in number of people fleeing Gaza City as fighting intensifies

Thousands of Palestinians make the perilous journey south as the Israeli military says it is striking Hamas targets hard

Evening Standard

Hamas leader 'surrounded in bunker' says Israeli minister as troops 'in heart of Gaza City'

A leading weapons developer for Hamas has been killed, the Israeli military says

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