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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas opens up to transitional government in Gaza]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas has approved the plans to let a committee govern the Gaza Strip until new elections can be held, reports Israeli Haaretz. On Monday, an Israeli delegation will travel to Doha for further negotiations.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 06:10:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel halted exchange – threatens Hamas]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas released, as agreed, six living hostages on Saturday. Israel was to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in exchange, but has postponed the release. Hamas warns that the ceasefire is threatened, while Israel's Prime Minister hints at new military operations in Gaza.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:08:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas: Two Child Hostages Dead]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two small children and their mother are among the four dead Israeli hostages who are to be handed over by Hamas on Thursday, claims the terrorist-stamped group. Israel has however not confirmed their death.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas frees Israelis and Thais]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas is to release three Israelis and five Thais on Thursday, who are being held as hostages by the terrorist-stamped movement. On Saturday, three more are to be released.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[al-Qaida wants Hamas to release hostages]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An advisor to the al-Qaeda terrorist network's probable leader urges Hamas to "immediately" release the Israeli hostage being held in Gaza.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas: Hostage Killed, Two Injured in "Incidents"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas claims to have killed an Israeli hostage and injured two more, in two separate incidents in Gaza.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:13:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas appoints a new political leader]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas has appointed a new political leader for the militant Islamist group to replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in a suspected Israeli attack in Iran.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 19:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas appoints a new political leader]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas has appointed a new political leader for the group since the previous one was killed in an Israeli attack. At the same time, Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says he is forced, together with Iran, to respond to Israel after the attacks that killed the Hamas leader and a Hizbollah leader.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas: Has Not Left the Ceasefire Talks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hamas has not left the talks about ceasefire after Israel's latest attacks, announces a leader of the terrorist-stamped group's political branch and rejects earlier information.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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