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• Israel lays out plans for hostage release and prisoner swap expected on Monday

  October 12, 2025 12:11 PM

  CAIRO (AP) — Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday, confirming the next phase of the breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited a long-promised surge of aid deliveries into the enclave. The details emerged... more »

• Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, health officials say, as Israel and Hamas dig in on demands

  September 4, 2025 10:45 AM

  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said Thursday, as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group's 2023 attack. Local hospitals said... more »

• Pope demands end to 'collective punishment' and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

  August 28, 2025 10:58 AM

  ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the "collective punishment" and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military offensive. Leo was interrupted twice by applause... more »