WASHINGTON: US Secretary of States Marco Rubio has on Friday (28th Feb, 2025) signed off on the sale of 35,500 bomb bodies, 4000 Predator warheads, guidance kits, Caterpillar bulldozers and relevant equipment to Israel worth $3 billion. DSCA held: “Rubio has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale […]
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GAZA: In a letter to the Arab League Summit, Hamas has said Saturday (1st March, 2025) that it was willing to go ahead with the remaining stages of the ceasefire agreement. “We affirm our keenness to complete the remaining stages of the ceasefire agreement, leading to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, full withdrawal of the […]
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GAZA: In the 7th swap Palestine had handed over six live and four dead hostages in exchange for 643 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli gaols (including 50 incarcerated for life, 60 with high sentences & 47 who were re-arrested after the 2011 Shalit Deal). According to the Israel Prison Service statement it has concluded the 7th […]
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GAZA: Hamas released six hostages Saturday (22nd Feb, 2025) but Israel, accusing Hamas of repeated violations such as humiliating handover ceremonies, said it was delaying the release of 602 prisoners. In the 7th swap Hamas was supposed to handover six live and four dead hostages in exchange for 602 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli gaols […]
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AIR FORCE ONE: President Trump, while talking to Media on 19th Feb has said that a trade deal was possible with China. While Trump held that in 2020 US had agreed to a great trade deal with China and a new deal was possible, Chinese Foreign Ministry maintained on 20th Feb that US and China […]
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KHAN YOUNIS: In the 6th swap Hamas has handed over three hostages (29-year-old Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov; 46-year-old Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn; and 36-year-old American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen) to the Red Cross on Saturday (15th Feb, 2025). 369 Palestinians, who were released from Israeli prisons on Saturday (15th Feb, 2025) included 333 who were incarcerated sans any charge. […]
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GAZA: Following talks in Cairo, Hamas has proclaimed that it would continue releasing hostages, as mediators Egypt and Qatar had assured they would remove obstacles. It is pertinent to mention here that the mediators had successfully persuaded both Hamas and Israel to continue implementation. Hamas, citing Israel’s violations of the truce, had earlier postponed the […]
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GAZA: In the 5th swap Hamas has handed over three hostages – Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy – to the Red Cross on Saturday (8th Feb, 2025). GAZA: While Trump is talking of transforming the Strip into Riviera relocating all the Gazans, Hamas, according to ceasefire agreement, has released 3 hostages Eli Sharabi […]
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GAZA: While Trump is talking of transforming the Strip into Riviera relocating all the Gazans, Hamas, according to ceasefire agreement, is set to release 3 hostages Eli Sharabi (52), Ohad Ben Ami (56), and Or Levy (34) whose wife, Einav Levy, was killed during the 7th Oct attack. Israel, accusing captors of not releasing children […]
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GAZA: Hamas on Saturday (1st Feb 2025) handed over 3 hostages (Yarden Bibas, 34, Ofer Kalderon, 53, and Keith Siegel, 65) held here, to Red Cross in exchange for 183 Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli gaols. It is pertinent to mention here that the process of prisoners’ swap commenced on 19th Jan, 2025 and this was […]
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