Hostages articles
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Hostage families: Israel must decide hostages or war
Relatives of the captives stated on Saturday that the Israeli government has to chose between returning the hostages or engaging in war after Hamas released a video of two hostages in the Gaza Strip.
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Security cabinet to meet on Rafah, hostages
The government is advancing plans for an offensive on Rafah as part of the pressure put on Hamas to return to negotiations for a hostage release deal. The security cabinet is scheduled to convene on Thursday, to discuss the planned IDF offensive on the Hamas strong hold in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, after the cabinet did not meet for the past 12 days. As far as Ynet has learned, the security cabinet will not be asked to approve plans after it authorized the war cabinet to decide its...
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Newshour, Israeli ministers clash over hostage deal
Ministers in Israel’s government are divided over a possible ceasefire deal with Hamas, which could see the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Benny Gantz, a member of the war cabinet, said the government would have no right to exist if it prevented a deal, but far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said a ceasefire would amount to a humiliating surrender. Also on the programme: As South Africa marks 30 years since the end of apartheid, voters ask whether the ANC can still deliver on...