Published on : 13 Oct 2025, 3:56 am

Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel is ready to receive its hostages "immediately", even as Hamas told mediators it will move up the release of hostages in Gaza to today—earlier than the planned Monday deadline—if Israel agrees to free at least two of seven high-profile Palestinian prisoners it is seeking.

Meanwhile, bulldozers began clearing the rubble in Gaza City after two years of war, as tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians return to devastated towns and cities in northern Gaza. Preparations are under way for a Gaza ceasefire summit in Egypt’s city of Sharm el-Sheikh, with US President Donald Trump expected to attend. Israel has begun transferring Palestinian prisoners to two jails before their

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