They were pale and dressed in training clothes when they were forced up onto a stage before the release from the terrorist-stamped Hamas. Three more from the hostage group held in Gaza have been released. At the same time, Israel has released hundreds of Palestinians from two prisons, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.
WorldThe USA wants to pressure Jordan's king to accept Palestinian refugees. King Abdullah responds that the country is ready to help sick children from Gaza – but also that he stands firm on Palestinians not being forced to leave the area.
World politicsDonald Trump is sticking to the idea that the USA should take control of or "own" the Gaza Strip, despite fierce resistance and warnings that it would lead to new mass deportations of Palestinians. We can give it to other states in the Middle East that can build up parts of it, says the President.
ConflictsTwo women, one of them highly pregnant, were killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp outside Tulkarem on the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health department.
WorldHundreds of Palestinians are reported to be leaving their homes in the Fa'ra refugee camp, on the occupied West Bank, after Israel escalated its operations there.
WorldThe world-renowned Argentine-Israeli conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has Parkinson's disease.
EntertainmentUSA's Donald Trump's statement about "taking over Gaza" and sending American soldiers to the area provokes strong reactions. No one saw this coming, says Anders Persson, political scientist at Linnaeus University with a focus on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
ConflictsDonald Trump's statement about the USA "taking over" Gaza and the Palestinians leaving the area is dismissed by several countries. A normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel is not current unless the Palestinians get their own state, announces the Saudi foreign ministry.
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