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Hamas reportedly ready to hand Gaza to PA, hostage negotiation team to head to Cairo

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mossad director David Barnea seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative) (photo credit: FLASH90)
Mossad director David Barnea seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative)
(photo credit: FLASH90)

Milei welcomes return of Argentine-Israeli hostage Iair Horn

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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Argentine President Javier Milei released a statement welcoming former Gaza hostage and Argentine citizen Iair Horn after almost 500 days in captivity on Saturday.

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Israel considers placing caravans in Gaza in coordination with US

Following footage of trucks carrying caravans in Gaza, a senior political source said the matter will be discussed with security officials. The source confirmed coordination with the US.

By MAARIV
 A woman cooks, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM)
A woman cooks, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM)

Israel held a security meeting to discuss the matter of putting caravans in the Gaza strip, a political source told Maariv on Saturday.

This comes after a video started circulating on social networks showing trucks carrying caravans, which were claimed to be intended for families whose homes in Gaza were destroyed.

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Nir Oz pub reopens in honor of former manager Iair Horn's return

The community hopes the pub will again become the center of social life in Nir Oz – a place for meeting, remembrance, and hope for continued returns home.

By MAARIV
 The Nir Oz pub has reopened tonight. (photo credit: PELED ARBELI)
The Nir Oz pub has reopened tonight.
(photo credit: PELED ARBELI)

Upon the release of former Gaza hostage Iair Horn after 498 days in captivity, the Kibbutz Nir Oz pub – which Iair used to manage – has decided to reopen for the first time since October 7, 2023.

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Israel at war: What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
  • 73 hostages remain in Gaza.
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.
  • Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire on January 17, 2025
  • 735 terrorists will be released as part of the hostage deal