Hamas names six Israeli captives to be released in Gaza on Saturday
- Hamas names six Israeli captives who will be released in Gaza on Saturday: Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem-Tov, Omer Wenkert, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed.
- Israel’s military says one of the four bodies Hamas handed over on Thursday is not that of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas, describing the remains as “anonymous” and demanding Hamas return the correct body.
Palestinian ex-prisoner recounts beating in front of Red Cross
Yousef al-Mabhouh has said he was beaten until the last moment before he was released from an Israeli prison, according to an interview conducted by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office.
“They beat us in the presence of the Red Cross, until the last moment before our release,” he said.
“And I promised the officer that I would return, but not as a prisoner.”
Bathing once every 10 days: The reality of northern Gaza’s water crisis
Amid towering piles of rubble and destruction, mother of five Faten Abu Haloub, her family and in-laws have set up adjacent tents on the ruins of what used to be their extended family home.
Her husband Karam’s parents – 60-year-old Dalal and 65-year-old Nasser – have eight children: three sons and five daughters, of whom two still live at home.
Home is now the little tent next to Karam and Faten’s with a fire pit in front and makeshift “zones”.
There’s the kitchen – no more than a few wooden planks to rest cooking utensils and their meagre food supplies on – near the fire.
Off to the side is the toilet, a stone-lined hole dug in the sand that serves as a latrine with more stones marking out a tiny bathing area, the whole section shielded by blankets draped over sticks stuck upright in the ground.
What to expect from meeting of Arab leaders in Riyadh
We expect the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Arab leaders to arrive here in the Saudi capital at any time now.
Topping the agenda is rebuilding Gaza, where GCC leaders will commit billions of dollars to the reconstruction.
Before that, they’re going to listen to the Eg
No interest in ‘keeping any bodies’ of Israeli captives: Hamas
Hamas says it is aware of the claims over the body of a captive released yesterday and looking into them “with complete seriousness”.
“We also point out the possibility of an error or overlap regarding the bodies, which may have resulted from the occupation targeting and bombing the place where the family was with other Palestinians,” the group said in a statement published on Telegram.
Hamas said it would inform the mediators of the results of the investigation, also calling for the return of the body that Israel claims belonged to a Palestinian woman.
The group added it “will announce the results transparently”.
Hamas stressed it has no interest in “keeping any bodies” of the captives.
yptian president, who has a plan for the reconstruction, which is an alternative to the US proposal of taking over Gaza and displacing the people of the area, which has been dismissed as outrageous by many in the Arab world.
For this plan to work, it must be sold to the US and the Europeans.
We understand that it will be based on three key phases. Phase one is removing the debris. Phase two is designating safe areas for people to relocate and allowing heavy equipment and mobile homes to trickle into Gaza. Phase three is the start of the reconstruction project.
The consensus which is building now is it’s about time for Hamas to turn the chapter on its presence in Gaza. The simple reason is that you cannot convince the US, the Europeans, the international community and many here in the GCC region to pay for the reconstruction while Hamas is still in power.
