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An Israeli government official said on Thursday that a delegation has been sent to negotiate a hostage release deal with Hamas.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday it launched more than 200 rockets and a swarm of drones at 10 Israeli military sites in response to the killing of one of the Iran-aligned group’s top commanders in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden will speak later on Thursday, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported, citing a diplomatic source.
On Thursday, Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said it was tackling fires in 10 separate areas sparked by barrages of missiles fired by Hezbollah in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed one of its top commanders the day before.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000.
Israeli delegation dispatched to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
An Israeli government official said on Thursday that a delegation has been sent to negotiate a hostage release deal with Hamas.
Under a deal brokered in late November by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, more than 100 of the estimated 240 hostages taken to Gaza during an attack by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7 were freed in exchange for the release of 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Since then, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced mounting pressure to secure the release the 136 hostages who remain in captivity.
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