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Hamas expected to release the bodies of four more hostages tonight

Egypt will oversee the transfer of the bodies returning to Israel

By Joshua Marks

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Top row (L-R) Tsahi Idan and Ohad Yahalomi; Bottom row (L-R) Itzik Elgarat and Shlomo Mantzur (Pictures: X)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank, Feb. 21, 2025. Photo by Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO.

Israeli tanks near Jenin, as West Bank counter-terror operation escalates

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Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Argentinian Yair Horn and Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov are presented by Hamas and terrorists from Islamic Jihad (Getty)

Hamas and Islamic Jihad release three more male hostages from Gaza

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 1: Protesters gather to demand a Gaza hostages deal on September 1, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. After the bodies of six Israeli kidnap victims were recovered from tunnels beneath Gaza overnight, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum called for public protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. They are demanding that Netanyahu justify the delay in signing the ceasefire deal due to the addition of new conditions. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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