Author: Melanie Lidman
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Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire’s second phase soon
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. Netanyahu spoke during a news conference with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed…
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Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel also began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire that the Trump administration secured from the warring sides. The war, which Hamas started when it invaded Israel’s southern border and killed 1,200…
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Thousands of Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages were set to be released within days. Questions remain over who…
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Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks at an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, including the disarmament of…
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Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire
State media in Lebanon says an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah
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Southern Israel was filled with blood and death. Brilliant red wildflowers now bloom among the ashes
As spring approaches each year, wildflowers erupt across Israel
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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
Israeli forces have stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza in what the army says is a search for the remains of hostages taken by Hamas
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Israel’s finance minister blasts Moody’s downgrade of the the country’s credit rating
Israel’s finance minister has slammed a decision by the financial ratings agency Moody’s to downgrade Israel’s credit rating
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The families of a few Israeli hostages don’t want a deal to bring them home. They want Hamas crushed
A small group of families of Israelis who are hostages of Hamas believes that only continued Israeli military pressure on the militant group, rather than a deal, will free the captives
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Nuns help expand coverage and care in Rwanda’s health system
Sr. Margaret Wanjiku Njunguna, left, and a nurse check up on a newborn baby with a cold at the health center in Muyanza, Rwanda. Melanie Lidman/ Global Sisters Report Sr. Margaret Wanjiku Njunguna, left, and a nurse check up on a newborn baby with a cold at the health center in Muyanza, Rwanda. Melanie Lidman/…