BREAKING: Hamas has finished the process of freeing the remaining 20 Israeli hostages believed to still be alive following through on part of its agreement to free all 48 living and dead hostages after Israel’s military halted its devastating campaign in the Gaza Strip. As a part of the deal brokered by the United States and key Arab countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to transfer around 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners held in Israel. Those releases and a surge of aid to Gaza are to take place after the return of the hostages.

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