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Gaza Demonstrators in Tel Aviv have ramped up protests demanding Israel extend the deal to save more hostages being held by terrorists, fearing that recent threats of renewed fighting will further risk their lives.
Hamas is believed to have 24 living hostages and the remains of 34 others.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Saturday evening that it will send a negotiating team to Qatar Monday to continue efforts to extend the cease-fire hostage deal in Gaza, with help from US-backed mediators.
Over the past week, Israel pushed Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for an extension of the first phase, which officially ended last weekend, and to agree to a lasting truce, according to reports.
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Many buildings in Jabalia, which is located in the northern section of the Gaza Strip, have been reduced to rubble.
It also struck several suspects in Gaza that it said were acting against Israeli forces, according to reports.
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a drone strike in Lebanon Saturday targeting an Iranian-backed Hezbollah operative “involved in the rehabilitation of terror infrastructure and directing Hezbollah terror operations in southern Lebanon,” the military said.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels threatened Friday to resume attacks on Israeli shipping if the country does not resume aid to Gaza in the coming days, and Hamas has threatened that the Israeli hostages it currently holds will be at risk otherwise, too.
Separately, Iran has reportedly rejected the plan as it supports only a one-state solution for Palestine, not the proposed two-state solution where it exists alongside Israel.
This is what Hamas is doing to their hostages
And some of them are American
Trump is right – this is barbaric and unacceptable pic.twitter.com/RwE4aXFDXy
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) February 10, 2025
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