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Fast Forward Netanyahu: ‘If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end’
An anonymous Israeli official said Netanyahu, like Trump, was demanding that Hamas release all remaining hostages by Saturday at noon
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Fast Forward With ceasefire deal teetering, Trump says Hamas must release all hostages or ‘all bets are off’
Hostage families and their advocates have increasingly appealed to Trump to get their loved ones freed
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas ends Palestinian Authority payments to families of terrorists
The cancellation of the much-maligned program is reportedly a goodwill gesture to Trump
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Fast Forward Hamas says that it will delay next hostage release
Hamas’ statement adds more instability to an already tenuous truce
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Fast Forward Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in east Jerusalem, drawing international concern
The Educational Bookshop is popular among journalists and diplomats
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Fast Forward 3 hostages released on Saturday as images of their poor health shock Israel
The wife and daughters of one hostage freed on Saturday were killed on Oct. 7. Another lost his wife that day as well
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Fast Forward ‘The Golden Girls’ joked about ‘giving the Palestinians Greenland’ — 4 decades before Trump’s gambits
“With the proper clothes, they’ll be fine,” Betty White’s character joked on the episode “Empty Nests"
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
After a century of Palestinian leaders rejecting a two-state-solution, Trump’s proposal could be a wakeup call that peace is the only solution
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