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Hamas frees more Israeli hostages as truce in Gaza lasts another day

Hamas freed two Israeli women Thursday afternoon and more hostage releases were expected to follow, the Israeli military said. At least 10 Israelis a day, along with other nationals, have been released during the truce, in return for Israel’s release of at least 30 Palestinian prisoners.

Chicago Sun-Times

Musk says antisemitic tweet was ‘foolish’ – but blames media for angry reaction

The world’s richest man says he had ‘no problem being hated’

The Independent UK

Blinken urges Israel to protect civilians amid tough Gaza truce talks

Mediators Qatar and Egypt push for further extension to pause in hostilities as deal holds for a week.

Al Jazeera

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Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show

Channel president says change aims to put network in ‘better position’ for the 2024 US elections, The Hill reports.

Al Jazeera

French-Israeli woman seen in Hamas hostage video is freed

Mia Schem was abducted from music festival on 7 October; lawyer Amit Soussana has also been released

The Guardian - UK

21-year-old French-Israeli one of two women released by Hamas after 55 days captivity

The two women were released as the truce between Israel and Hamas continues to hold

Evening Standard

Making this Israeli-Palestinian war the last

Israeli-Palestinian relations have been locked in a never-ending cycle of death, destruction and misery and the war in Gaza should be the last

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More Hamas hostages released from inside Gaza – with Palestinians also freed

Latest exchange comes after shooting in Jerusalem – claimed by Hamas – that killed three. One of those wounded says he feels ‘lucky’ to be alive

The Independent UK

Hamas Terror Attacks: Balancing Principles And Human Lives In The Middle East

EU urged to freeze aid to Palestine to purge Hamas and save Two State Solution

Zenger

Relief as Thai hostages return home amid fears for those still held in Gaza

Group of 17 Thai nationals return from a total of 23 who have been released by Hamas, with nine still captive in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Wartime Israel shows little tolerance for Palestinian dissent

More than 270 Palestinian citizens have been arrested in an Israeli crackdown on free speech and political activity since the Hamas attack

The Independent UK

Israeli assault on southern Gaza could push 1m refugees to Egypt border, UNRWA chief warns

Philippe Lazzarini urges Israel to think of consequences of offensive if truce is not further extended

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk has crude words for advertisers no longer spending on X

Billionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail.”

The Independent UK

Gaza Update: ceasefire holds for now, but array of armed Hamas allies could threaten this fragile truce

So far, the ceasefire between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, originally set at four days and since extended twice as more hostages and prisoners are exchanged, remains in place. There have been concerns that isolated incidents of violence, including one in Jerusalem where three Israeli civilians were gunned…

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Newcastle Herald

Confusion at climate protests' mixed messages

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Protests' mixed messages

The Independent UK

Henry Kissinger warned just before his death that Israel’s war could engulf the Arab world

Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday aged 100

AAP

MPs seek to turn down heat on Israel-Gaza debate

Politicians have called on Australians to search for humanity among the violence in the Middle East and show kindness to diasporas caught in the crossfire.

The Guardian - US

Democratic leaders and Jewish groups condemn video of support for Hamas at Oakland debate

Edited video clips, which some say are misleading, show comments made by public at city council debate justifying Hamas as ‘armed resistance’

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The Independent UK

Those stuck in Gaza spend the ceasefire checking if loved ones are alive: ‘We don’t think about the future’

Palestinians in Gaza learn their loved ones have been found under the rubble as a ceasefire is extended for another day

International Business Times

Blinken Says Gaza Truce 'Producing Results', Should Continue

Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli leaders on Thursday that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue.

France 24

Relief for family of French-Israeli hostage as Mia Schem is among those freed by Hamas

More than seven weeks after she was captured at an outdoor music festival in southern Israel during the October 7 Hamas attack, 21-year-old Mia Schem, a French-Israeli dual national, was released on Thursday. For her mother, Keren Schem, it was the end of a grueling campaign to secure her daughter’s…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rape, murder and mutilation on an industrial scale — why I had to watch the film of Hamas’s atrocities

I couldn’t sit through Schindler’s List when the children were little and found even March of the Penguins, when an egg rolls from the snug of the daddy penguin’s crotch to freeze solid on the ice, a truly tough watch.

The Independent UK

How Henry Kissinger’s Holocaust escape shaped his powerful and polarising foreign policy

Master diplomat or war criminal, there’s no denying that Kissinger’s story is one of the American dream: a tale of a boy who fled Nazi Germany to become one of the most powerful men in US and world politics. Rachel Sharp reports

WEKU

Meta warns that China is stepping up its online social media influence operations

China has become the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram.

Evening Standard

Israel releases Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi during truce swap

The 22-year-old became a symbol of resistance for the Palestinians after a video of her slapping an Israeli soldier went viral

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