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The coalition govt of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas will go into force at 06:30 GMT on Sunday.

Donald Trump has made an impact on Middle East even before he sits down in Oval Office to start his second term as president. He cut through delaying tactics that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in alliance with his ultra-nationalist coalition partners, had used to avoid accepting the ceasefire deal that Joe Biden put on the negotiating table last May.

American pressure on Hamas & other Palestinian groups is a given. Under Biden, pressure on Israel was the lever was never pulled. Trump starts his second term claiming credit, with reasonable justification, for getting ceasefire deal in Gaza over the line. He can bask in some glory.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, is dealing with a coalition crisis. As entire principle of doing a deal with Hamas is repugnant to ultra-nationalist politicians who have supported his govt.

One of them, the National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says his party, Jewish Power, will only support the govt if it resumes the war, cuts off all aid to Gaza and destroys Hamas. If that does not happen, he will resign. That will be of no importance to Donald Trump. The push for a Gaza ceasefire demonstrated Trump would put the interests of his presidency before the political requirements of Israel's prime minister.

Israel's nationalist right was delighted when Trump won his landslide victory in November. They assumed Trump would give them even more licence than Biden had. Reality might be more complicated. Just as Israel is not the same country that Trump left behind when he left office in 2021, Trump may not be the president that they encountered the first time around.

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The coalition govt of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas will go into force at 06:30 GMT on Sunday.

The long-awaited Gaza ceasefire & hostage release deal is expected to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time (1:30 a.m. ET) on Sunday, potentially signaling a new chapter in a bloody 15-mth conflict that enflamed Middle East.


• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu praised deal, but said it could not move forward until Hamas supplies a list of hostages to be released. He warned he reserves right to resume fighting if deal falls apart — would have US backing in doing so.

• Thirty-three Israeli hostages are expected to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in the first phase of deal. 3 female Israeli civilian hostages are expected to be released on Sunday, says US officials.

• In the days leading up to ceasefire, Israel maintained its bombardment of Gaza, killing @least 122 people, injuring 270 others since deal was announced on Wednesday, says Gaza’s Civil Defense.

• As aid trucks R already lining up @Rafah border crossing, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al Qahera News reported, ahead of ceasefire. Aid into Gaza will be ramped up to 600 trucks per day. But UN warns would be “only a start” in addressing humanitarian crisis in the enclave....

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January 19, 2025
Hospital director says condition of released hostages allows focus to be reunion with families

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January 19, 2025
Hospital director says condition of released hostages allows focus to be reunion with famil

Tel Hashomer Hospital Director Dr. Yael Frankel-Nir says that the physical condition of the released hostages is good enough to allow them to focus on reuniting with family members.

“Their condition allows us to focus on the important thing, which is reuniting with their families, and to postpone delving into medical issues for a few hours,” she says.

“We are closely accompanying them and their families,” she says.

More from today’s Liveblog:

Witkoff credits Trump for Mideast truce, says administration will ‘expand the circle of peace’
Israel releases 90 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 3 hostages

Trump says ‘epic’ Israel-Hamas deal a result of his win, mocks Biden administration.

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Hospital Director Dr. Yael Frankel-Nir says the physical condition of the released hostages is good enough to allow them on reuniting with family members. “Their condition allows us to focus on important thing, a reuniting with their families, and to postpone delving into medical issues for a few hours we closely accompanying them and their families,” she says.

Credits to Trump for Mideast truce, says admin will ‘expand circle of peace’. Israel releases 90 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 3 hostages he says ‘epic’ Israel-Hamas deal is a result of his win.

Live Updates...Trump signs slew of executive actions after being sworn in.

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Live Updates: Trump signs slew of executive actions after being sworn in.

9:19 PM: Mon Jan 20, 2025 in U.S.A., Trump in Oval Office signing executive orders.

• Trump signs executive actions: Trump signed a series of executive actions Monday, included revoking 78 of Joe Biden’s policies, hours after officially becoming the 47th president of U.S.A 

Other actions signed today aimed at prompting immigration crackdown as well as US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement & the World Health Organization. (WHO?).

• Pardons for January 6 rioters: Trump on Monday pardoned US Capitol rioters, he pardon cover more than 1,500 people, which would appear to cover nearly everyone charged since the attack on January 6, 2021. He commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers & Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

• TikTok gets 75-day extension: 
Trump signed an executive action to delays enforcement of TikTok ban for 75 days. The law gives he (president) broad discretion on how to enforce ban, but TikTok’s ultimate fate in America remains in doubt???.

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January 19, 2025
Hospital director says condition of released hostages allows focus to be reunion with families

Meanwhile, the Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine & UK.

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Israel kills 10 in West Bank; 120 bodies found in Gaza over 2 days. At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and many wounded in an Israeli military raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, health officials say. Civil defence staff report that 120 decomposed bodies have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza over two days.

Almost 900 trucks of aid entered Gaza on Tuesday as assistance surged into the war-ravaged territory after Israel’s blockade lifted, the UN’s humanitarian agency said. The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied West Bank says freedom of movement for Palestinians has been “massively restricted” as illegal Israeli settlements expand.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s UN ambassador pick says Israel has a “biblical right” to the occupied West Bank.

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A UN official says aid agencies in Gaza are increasing food distribution, restocking and rehabilitating hospitals, and repairing water networks as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues to largely hold. The relief effort comes as aid groups warn a looming Israeli ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) could severely harm recovery efforts in Gaza.

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Hospitals in West Bank’s Jenin struggle to keep lights on: Governor, as Israeli forces have shut off electricity in West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp & some surrounding areas, says Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub. Speaking to Wafa news agency, al-Rub said outage extends to Jenin Hospital & Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital, jeopardising their emergency op. Currently, hospitals are trying to use fuel reserves to bring in more fuel to keep power on in their emergency, dialysis & nursery dept, said al-Rub.

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Hamas publishes the names of four female Israeli hostages who are set to be released by the terror group tomorrow after 477 days in captivity. Israeli officials have requested media outlets not publish the names until the families of the hostages have been notified. There are seven remaining female hostages from the original list of 33 to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...-tomorrow/

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9:19 PM: Mon Jan 20, 2025 in U.S.A., Trump in Oval Office signing executive orders.

• Trump signs executive actions: Trump signed a series of executive actions Monday, included revoking 78 of Joe Biden’s policies, hours after officially becoming the 47th president of U.S.A 

Other actions signed today aimed at prompting immigration crackdown as well as US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement & the World Health Organization. (WHO?).

• Pardons for January 6 rioters: Trump on Monday pardoned US Capitol rioters, he pardon cover more than 1,500 people, which would appear to cover nearly everyone charged since the attack on January 6, 2021. He commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers & Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

• TikTok gets 75-day extension: 
Trump signed an executive action to delays enforcement of TikTok ban for 75 days. The law gives he (president) broad discretion on how to enforce ban, but TikTok’s ultimate fate in America remains in doubt???.

Now!. Trump is keen to talk to Russia Putin!. He said he seeks to restart nuclear disarmament talks with the US/Rissia under President Donald Trump. 

This was after Trump said he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had discussed "denuclearisation" during his previous term as US President. 

"China would have come along," Trump said in a virtual address to World Economic Forum in Davos.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said any negotiations on nuclear disarmament  will have to consider the weapons stockpile of France and the UK. 

Meanwhile, Russian official Sergei Shoigu warned of growing nuclear clash risks, blaming NATO's activities, while NATO criticized Russia’s actions in Belarus.

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Hamas publishes the names of four female Israeli hostages who are set to be released by the terror group tomorrow after 477 days in captivity. Israeli officials have requested media outlets not publish the names until the families of the hostages have been notified. There are seven remaining female hostages from the original list of 33 to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...-tomorrow/

Jubilant scenes in Gaza City as 4-Israeli soldiers are released. Civilians & militants gather amid rubble to watch handover of 4-women held hostage for 15 mths, crowds of militants & civilians gathered in central Gaza sq to witness handover of 4 soldiers held hostage@15 mths, atmosphere was one of triumph jubilation. Hundreds of people gathered on the piles of rubble in Palestine Square, Gaza City, among flags of Palestinian militant groups, to watch a painstaking hostage handover, while in Tel Aviv crowds of Israelis gathered in suspense.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...e-released

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The coalition govt of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas will go into force at 06:30 GMT on Sunday.

This is for real,  first time is Israel, must believe.

The four Israeli soldiers –all girls. Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag all
briefly walked on to a podium in khaki military fatigues, smiling and holding hands, their long hair pulled into neat shiny ponytails. Two raised their hands to give a thumbs up towards the cheering crowds, before the group climbed into cars from the International Committee of the Red Cross to be driven out of Gaza.

In Tel Aviv, the families of Israelis who remain captive in Gaza flocked to a central square alongside their supporters to watch live footage of the handover, some weeping with joy and cheering. A few waved Israeli flags, while others held pictures of female Israeli soldiers and other captives expected to be released. Video released of the soldiers’ families watching the handover at a military base showed them shrieking with joy.

Lines of masked, uniformed fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad – groups that hold people taken hostage on 7 October 2023 – flanked the square in central Gaza City, with Palestinian flags strung overhead. A woman threw confetti over the crowds of militants in celebration. In a show of their capabilities after months of war, columns of militants stood among the crowds with shiny white cars decked in flags and ringed the square in their dozens, putting automatic weapons on the car rooftops. The four Israeli soldiers were handed to Israel IDF & flown by helicopter to hospital in Israel for initial checks. They are expected to be taken to 2nd facility to meet families for first time in 15 mths.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...e-released

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Is for real, first time, must believe.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...e-released

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A UN official says aid agencies in Gaza are increasing food distribution, restocking and rehabilitating hospitals, and repairing water networks as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues to largely hold. The relief effort comes as aid groups warn a looming Israeli ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) could severely harm recovery efforts in Gaza.

Now!. Trump who show the Israeli and also the Hamas real talk has happened.  

Trump is also keen to talk to Russia Putin!. He said he seeks to restart nuclear disarmament talks with the US/Russia under President Donald Trump. This was after Trump said he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had discussed "denuclearisation" during his previous term as US President. 

Hope Trump can try tell the two war lord, to talk about their killing on Ukraine / (Putin) Russia war, to talk not peace yet. But to found some solutions between two nation war nation.

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The long-awaited Gaza ceasefire & hostage release deal is expected to begin 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, potentially signaling a new chapter in a bloody 15-mth conflict enflamed Middle East. PM Benjamin Netanyahu praised deal, but could not move until Hamas supplies a list of hostages to be released. He warned he reserves right to resume fighting if deal falls apart has US backing.

• Thirty-three Israeli hostages are expected to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in the first phase of deal. 4 female Israeli civilian hostages are expected to be released on Sunday, says US officials,
days leading up to ceasefire, Israel maintained bombardment of Gaza, killing 122, injuring 270 others since deal was announced on Wednesday, says Gaza’s Civil Defense.

• As aid trucks R already lining up @Rafah border crossing, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al Qahera News reported, ahead of ceasefire. Aid into Gaza will be ramped up to 600 trucks per day. But UN warns would be “only a start” in addressing humanitarian crisis in the enclave....

On January 23, the movement of a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft was detected, Technical. aircraft took off from Germany & spent about 3-hours at Israel’s Nevatim Air Force Base, then departed & landed at main military supply hub for Ukraine—Rzeszow International Airport in Poland.

The exact mission of C-17 what it delivered to Poland remain unclear, possibilities include both humanitarian aid & military supplies. If focus on military aid, it’s entirely plausible Israel delivered several shipments to Poland intended for Ukraine. The first most logical possibility is the delivery of Soviet Russian ammunition and weapons. Just a day earlier, Tel Aviv promised Kyiv weapons seized from various defeated groups in region would be cataloged to provided to Ukraine. Primarily involves small arms, bombs, grenades, grenade launchers & captured ammunition.

Another possibility is delivery of a Patriot air defense system. Talks between Washington & Tel Aviv such as transfer occurred mid-last year. Still, the outcome of those negotiations remains unknown.
BulgarianMilitary.com recalls that just a day ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Switzerland.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/24...y-aid-hub/

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Palestinians begin return to north Gaza as deal reached to free six hostages
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r5y75d17vo

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Most Hamas terrorists were drugged, completely inhumane, rescued hostage says. Har, who was abducted on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, was later freed in a daring military operation in Rafah in February 2024. The hostages today are suffering from prolonged hunger," released hostage Luis Har said in interview with Maariv.
"Hamas takes all the aid," he continued. "I was there; I know what delaying the deals means. Every day increases fear, danger, and suffering. We must not wait, and we must not delay because every passing day increases the concern that, in the end, there will be no one left to bring back."
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-839576

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Israel says eight of the remaining hostages to be released by Hamas in phase one of deal are dead.

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Israel says eight of the remaining hostages to be released by Hamas in phase one of deal are dead.

Updated 6:03 PM EST, Mon January 27, 2025
A man passes by a building showing photos of hostages who have been released or are still being held in Gaza, on March 26, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
A man passes by a building showing photos of hostages who have been released or are still being held in Gaza, on March 26, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Amir

Eight of the remaining hostages set to be released by Hamas in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead, according to an Israeli government spokesperson.The rest of the 33 hostages who were expected to be returned from Gaza to their families are alive, David Mencer said in a briefing on Monday, including seven who have already been returned. Israeli authorities were notified of the hostages’ status after receiving a list from Hamas, he said. According to Mencer, the eight dead were killed by Hamas. The Palestinian militant group has not commented on their cause of death. Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, sings on a stage in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 23, 2025.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/middl...-dead-intl

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The main UN agency serving Palestinians in the occupied territories, including Gaza, looks likely to be shut down on Thursday as Israel defied widespread international support for agency in a move Unrwa predicted would “sabotage Gaza’s recovery and political transition”.

Unrwa’s banning looks certain, as Israel’s high court of justice refused a last-minute request to intervene to suspend the law forbidding the agency from operating in Israel. Palestinians in the war-devastated Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are expected to be hardest hit by the ban, including about 30,000 Unrwa workers.

The imminent closure comes as Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, emphatically rejected from the U.S. emperor suggestions from Donald Trump. Palestinians from Gaza should be “cleaned out” to Egypt and Jordan, describing the idea as an “act of injustice”.

Israel, with the backing of the emperor Trump administration, will cut ties with Unrwa from Thursday, amid condemnation from aid groups as well as US allies, including the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, who demanded that it retract its order and said Unrwa was “irreplaceable”.

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Report: Israel has halted release of Palestinian security prisoners to protest Gaza release chaos
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ase-chaos/

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All seven Israeli, Thai hostages safely return to Israel after chaotic release

Agam Berger reunites with family within Israel • Five Thai released as well

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U.S.A. fighters dying in Ukraine, growing numbers. Bringing their bodies home is  a complex. task. 

More than 20 Americans are missing in action on the front lines in Ukraine, with a spike in casualties over the past six months as foreigners fill urgent gaps in the country’s embattled defenses, according to a CNN investigation.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/europe/am...index.html

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Father of youngest hostage among 3-men to be released on Saturday, Hamas says. Palestinian armed group Hamas has released the names of three hostages it says it will free on Saturday under the ceasefire deal with Israel. They are Israelis Ofer Kalderon, 53, and Yarden Bibas, 34, and American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65. Mr Bibas is the father of Kfir, the youngest hostage who was 10 months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas, his wife Shiri & their other son Ariel, four, were also captured. Israeli prime minister's office said Israel had received the list of hostages.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp11nj8gno

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Emily Damari’s mom: My daughter was held in UNRWA facilities, denied medical treatment
'It’s a miracle she survived,' Mandy Damari says after call with British PM Keir Starmer; UN agency, which Israel just banned, calls for 'very serious claim' to be investigated. The mother of freed hostage Emily Damari revealed Friday that her daughter was held by Hamas at UNRWA facilities in the Gaza Strip, and that her captors refused to give her access to medical treatment.

Emily lost two fingers in her left hand after being shot by Hamas terrorists during her abduction on October 7, 2023. Her mother Mandy said it was “a miracle that she survived,” in a post on X thanking British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for calling them earlier in the day.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/emily-dama...treatment/

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Russia condemns Trump missile defence shield plan, accuses US of plotting to militarise space
1 day ago — MOSCOW: Russia on Friday (Jan 31) condemned an executive order by US President Donald Trump to build a new missile defence shield,  

If in case missiles rain.(U.S. have to defence their country and also have to defence Israel too).

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday (Jan 31) condemned an executive order by US President Donald Trump to build a new missile defence shield, accusing the United States of trying to upset the global nuclear balance and pave the wave for military confrontation in space.

Trump on Monday signed an order that "mandated a process to develop an ‘American Iron Dome'", a next-generation US missile defence shield against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile and other forms of aerial attack.

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Live Updates...Trump signs slew of executive actions after being sworn in.

Donald Trump has made an impact on Middle East even before he sits down in Oval Office to start his second term as president.

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Donald Trump has made an impact on Middle East even before he sits down in Oval Office to start his second term as president.

Deaths from Israel’s battle against Hamas in Gaza reach close to 62,000, if add missing then plus
authorities say (added) 14,000 presumed dead, to the list. The authorities in Gaza have updated the death toll Israel’s war on Hamas control enclave to 61,709, as thousands who are missing now presumed dead, head of Gaza Info office told a news event, bodies of 76% of those killed in the conflict have been recovered, has brought to medical centres, at least 14,222 people are still believed to be trapped under rubble or in areas inaccessible to rescuers.