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Hamas confirmed for the first time on Thursday that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year. Deif was one of the alleged ...

The exchange involved three Israeli hostages and five Thais freed by Gaza militants. Photo by Haneen Salem / Anadolu via ...

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Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the ...