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The Israeli Forensic Institute confirmed onSaturday that the body that Hamas handed over to Israel on Friday night was that of Sheri Bibas, after conducting the necessary tests.

Israeli Channel 12 reported: "The Forensic Institute conducted a genetic examination of Sheri Bibas's body and found a genetic match." On Friday evening, Hamas announced that it had handed over the remains of Israeli captive Sheri Bibas, who was killed in the Gaza Strip, to the Red Cross.

The woman's remains were actually supposed to be returned to Israel, along with the remains of her two young children, on Thursday, but the coffin that Hamas handed over to the Red Cross contained the body of an unidentified woman.

Hamas later admitted that a possible mistake had occurred, and this mistake sparked anger in Israel.

 In turn, the Ynet website quoted Red Cross officials on Friday evening as saying that they had received a box containing the remains of Sheri Bibas from Hamas and that they had transferred it to the Israeli authorities. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said that Hamas had handed Tel Aviv the body of a woman from Gaza instead of Sheri Bibas's body, considering it a violation of the ceasefire agreement and vowing to make Hamas pay the price.

However, Hamas acknowledged on Friday that there may have been a mistake or overlap in the bodies that led to the failure to identify Sheri Bibas's body, stressing that it had no interest in not abiding by the agreement.

Hamas stressed "the need to move forward in implementing the requirements of the agreement at all levels, and it also confirmed its seriousness and full commitment to all its commitments."

 Last Thursday, Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli prisoners. Israel confirmed the identity of the two children and the fourth hostage, Oded Lifshitz, but Israeli experts said that the fourth body was that of an unidentified woman and not Shiri, who was kidnapped with her two sons and her husband Yarden on October 7, 2023. Hamas said that mistakes can happen, especially since the Israeli bombing that killed the hostages led to the bodies of Israeli hostages being mixed with those of Palestinians, thousands of whom are still under the rubble, demanding that the Israeli authorities return the body of a woman from Gaza.

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A knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin has resulted in several injuries, prompting immediate concern for public safety and international reactions. The incident raises alarms about security measures at significant historical sites. More information is emerging on the identity of the perpetrator and the victims involved, with authorities urging calm. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (February 20) said the country was "united in unbearable grief" with the return of four bodies of Israeli hostages, including two very young captives of Hamas.

Black coffins were placed on a stage by Hamas as the bodies of three of the most prominent Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the two Bibas children and their mother, were finally returned under the ceasefire deal.

The two red-headed children, Ariel, four, and Kfir, ten months old, and their mother, Shiri Bibas, 32, were held by Hamas since October 7, when they were snatched from their kibbutz home in southern Israel and their plight led to an outpouring of anger and grief

5:39

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Dr. Thandiwe Dlamini, a member of the Ingonyama Trust Board, has exposed allegations of corruption and irregularities concerning high-profile officials during a Zulu king's imbizo. The revelations are significant, spotlighting potential misconduct within the organization responsible for land management in KwaZulu-Natal

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Experts ruled out that Tel Aviv would affect the course of the negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire agreement and the exchange of prisoners and hostages between Israel and Hamas, which is expected to begin in the coming days.

According to the Israeli police, three explosions with primitive explosive devices occurred on a number of buses in the cities of Bat Yam and Holon, near Tel Aviv, while the explosions did not result in any deaths or injuries, and no suspects were arrested.

As a result, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to carry out a large-scale military operation in the West Bank, and directed the police and security forces to increase preventive activities in anticipation of attacks or the implementation of bombings. Political analyst Jihad Harb said that "the negotiations for the second phase of the truce are already complicated and have many pending issues, and the Tel Aviv bombings cannot affect them in any way, especially since Hamas did not announce or support them."

 Harb explained that "Israel pointed the finger at the armed groups in the West Bank, and will work to increase the pace of its military operations in the northern West Bank in response to that, without moving towards Hamas or its armed wing."

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Tomorrow, Saturday, more than 800 prisoners will be released from Israeli prisons in the largest exchange between Hamas and Israel since the ceasefire in , including the world's oldest prisoner Nael Barghouti.

With the release of this batch, the number of Palestinian prisoners released in the first phase of the deal will reach 1,932 prisoners.

Under the agreement, 1,132 prisoners were released in 6 batches in the past weeks. According to the Palestinian Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Authority, the exchange that will take place tomorrow, Saturday, includes the release of 445 detainees from the Gaza Strip during the war.

It also includes 51 with life sentences, 59 with high sentences, in addition to 47 prisoners released in the Shalit deal who were re-arrested. About 200 women and children who were arrested during the war in Gaza will be released, half of them in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli prisoners.

 The exchange list includes the deportation of 108 prisoners via the Kerem Shalom crossing to Egypt in preparation for their departure to a third destination that has not yet been determined.

The list of prisoners released in the seventh batch of exchange operations includes a number of prominent “” leaders in the West Bank, including Abdel Nasser Issa, Othman Bilal, and Ammar al-Zaben, in addition to other cadres and symbols.

The oldest Palestinian prisoners, who have been detained for 44 years, will be released, as will Alaa al-Bazian, who has been detained for 42 years, and Samer al-Mahroum, who has been detained for 38 years. In return, the Palestinian factions in Gaza will release the six living Israeli prisoners: Omer Shem Tov, Elia Cohen, Omer Winkert, Tal Shoham, Avraham Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed.

The exchange deal that took place between Hamas and Israel under Qatari and Egyptian sponsorship came in several stages starting on January 20. 

90 prisoners were released in the first batch, then 200 prisoners in the second batch, 110 in the third, 183 in the fourth, 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fifth, and 369 in the sixth batch.

1:40

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: Breaking news

Urgent🔴 | Al-Qassam Brigades military spokesman Abu Obeida: Within the framework of the Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange deal, the Al-Qassam Brigades decided to release the following Zionist prisoners tomorrow, Saturday:

   1 Elia Maimon Yitzhak Cohen 

 2 Omar Shem Tov

 3 Omer Finkert

 4 Tal Shoham

 5 Avera Mengistu

- 6 Hisham Al-Sayed

13:23

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Julia Wandel is scheduled to appear in court charged with four counts of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in 2007. The situation is developing, and it raises serious concerns about privacy and the ongoing impact of the McCann case. This latest incident introduces an alarming element to the long-unsolved disappearance

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Ferry services across Scotland have been suspended due to severe gales and heavy rain affecting travel by sea. Passengers are advised to stay updated on the situation as weather conditions continue to challenge transport options. For more details

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the "destroying" of Hamas "as soon as possible," stressing that its ongoing violations cannot be tolerated. In a statement to Israel's Channel 7, the leader of the Religious Zionism Party stressed that "Hamas's practices, including the brutal killing of the two children Ariel and Kfir during their captivity, and the detention of the body of their mother, Sheri, require a decisive response." 

He stressed that any delay in responding to these violations is considered weakness that could lead to a heavy price, as happened on October 7. 

Related News He added that "she narrowly escaped a painful accident as a result of the bus bombings that occurred yesterday." 

The Israeli far-right is pressuring Benjamin Netanyahu's government to resume the war in the Gaza Strip and to stop the ceasefire agreement that began on January 19.

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1. A woman tragically lost her life after being struck by a livestock truck at an auction market in High Bentham, Yorkshire, in front of several farmers. The shocking incident occurred on Main Street, leading to a significant outcry and mourning within the community. This terrible event highlights the dangers present in agricultural areas where vehicular traffic intersects with market activities.

07:33

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More photos of Israeli corpses.

.. Al-Quds Brigades publishes photos of the delivery of the body of the Zionist prisoner "Oded Lifshitz" held by it, and the bodies of the "Bibas" family as part of the first phase of the "Al-Aqsa Flood Deal" for prisoner exchange.

7:10

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Urgent: Hamas handed over four bodies to

the Red Cross in Gaza on Thursday, in the latest return of dead hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement between the movement and Israel.

6:21

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A team of salvaging workers unearthed an unexpected submarine while working along the banks of a dried-up river. Describing the experience as shocking, workers Don, Kevin, and Carl were left stunned by the discovery and its unforeseen implications. The incident raises questions about the submarine's origins and highlights the mysteries that can lie beneath the surface of everyday environments. 

08:54

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Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has attended his first preliminary hearing in a criminal trial for leading a rebellion, making him the first sitting president to face such a trial while in office. The events are being widely watched by the media and political circles, and are seen as a significant development in South Korean political history.

20:43

Wednesday, 19 February 2025 (GMT)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday will be a “painful day” for Israel as it receives the bodies of four hostages held by Hamas since the October 7, 2023, attack, as part of implementing the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. “Tomorrow (Thursday) will be a very difficult day for the State of Israel, a painful day, a day of mourning. We will bring home four of our beloved hostages who have passed away,” Netanyahu said, according to a statement

from his office

Hamas announces handing over the body of a fourth hostage

Earlier today, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced the name of a fourth hostage whose body will be handed over on Thursday, as part of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The spokesman for the Brigades, Abu Obeida, said in a statement that the bodies of four Israeli hostages will be handed over tomorrow, including three from the Bibas family, noting that they “were all alive before their detention centers were deliberately bombed by the Zionist occupation aircraft.”

The husband and father, Yarden Bibas, was released from Gaza on February 1.

In addition, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, announced that it had decided to hand over the body of the Israeli prisoner Oded Lifshitz tomorrow (Thursday), as part of the seventh batch of prisoner exchange in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

 Red Cross

For its part, the International Committee of the Red Cross called in a statement for “respect for privacy and dignity before the expected handover of the hostages’ bodies.”

It said: “We must be clear: any degrading treatment during the handover operations is unacceptable.”

Hamas said on Tuesday that it had decided to hand over the bodies of four Israeli prisoners tomorrow, in addition to six other living hostages on Saturday. These prisoners were killed during the Israeli attacks that lasted more than 15 months on Gaza.

Taher al-Nunu, media advisor to the head of the political bureau of Hamas, told Agence France-Presse yesterday that the movement “informed the mediators that it is prepared, as part of an agreement, to implement the release of all prisoners in the second phase at once, and not in batches, as was the case in the first phase.”.

6:14

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The military spokesman for the “Al-Qassam Brigades”, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Abu Obeida, announced on Wednesday that the bodies of “Israeli” prisoners will be handed over tomorrow, Thursday, as part of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” deal.

Abu Obeida said in a tweet on his official account on the “Telegram” platform that it was decided “as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood deal for prisoner exchange, to hand over the bodies of the Bibas family and the body of prisoner Oded Lifshitz tomorrow, Thursday, who were all alive before their detention places were deliberately bombed by the Zionist occupation aircraft.”

The military spokesman for the “Al-Quds Brigades”, the armed wing of the “Islamic Jihad” movement, Abu Hamza, announced earlier today, Wednesday, the intention to release the remains of an “Israeli” prisoner tomorrow, Thursday.

 Abu Hamza said in a tweet on his official Telegram account, “Saraya Al-Quds decided to release the remains of the Zionist prisoner Oded Lifshitz, who is one of the prisoners whom the Zionist enemy deliberately killed in airstrikes during the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa, tomorrow, Thursday, corresponding to 02-20-2025 AD, as part of the seventh batch of the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal.”

5:35

Wednesday, 19 February 2025 (GMT)

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"Abu Hamza": Our treatment of the enemy's prisoners is superior to its practices against our prisoners

The spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Abu Hamza, confirmed that the release of a number of Zionist prisoners comes within the framework of the Palestinian resistance's confirmation of its good treatment of the prisoners it holds, compared to the Zionist practices against the Palestinian prisoners.

"Abu Hamza" said: The Zionist enemy "is skilled in oppressing and torturing the Palestinian prisoners, and continues to oppress them until the last moments of their release."

The spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades added: The scenes that have recently appeared, especially the way the Al-Quds Brigades dealt with the Israeli prisoner Alexander Tropanov, reflect the humane treatment that the resistance provides to the enemy's prisoners, in contrast to what he described as the continuous abuse that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to in the enemy's prisons.

 Abu Hamza denounced the Zionist practices against the liberated Palestinian prisoners, pointing out that "what the enemy did today, by forcing our prisoners to wear clothes that say 'We will not forget and we will not forgive', and the scenes that appeared reflecting their difficult health conditions after their release, only carry the truth that the unjust world does not see, which is the brutality of the Zionist enemy and the ugliness of the treatment of our prisoners by its jailers." 

He added: "The difference is clear and big between our treatment of the enemy's prisoners, and the enemy's treatment of the prisoners of our free people," stressing that the resistance will remain a protector of the prisoners and a defender of their rights until they achieve their full freedom. 

 Abu Hamza continued: “All countries of the world, especially the United States of America, which is demanding that the resistance release all the enemy’s prisoners, are required to demand the same from the enemy, and not to ignore the horrific scenes of suffering, torture, and systematic killing of our prisoners, the owners of the land, the homeland, and the sacred cause, who are exposed to all kinds of torture in the enemy’s prisons, and live inside them in mass graves.”

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Press Release◽

We condemn the retirement of the fighter Qadura Fares due to his supportive stance on the prisoners’ cause

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemns the decision of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to retire the national fighter Qadura Fares, due to his criticism of the Authority’s decision regarding the allocations of prisoners and martyrs.

The attempt to silence national voices and punish all those who stand with prisoners and martyrs and their rights reflects the approach of repression and exclusion practiced by the Authority, and is a dangerous deviation from national constants, and submission to Zionist and American dictates that target the struggle of prisoners and their just cause.

We in the Hamas Movement affirm our solidarity with our brother Qadura Fares, and with all free voices that reject the infringement of the rights of prisoners and their families.

Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

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US, Russia begin peace talks in Saudi Arabia as Ukraine remains on sidelines

The US and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that set the stage for a seismic shift in relations — and a potential turning point in the Ukraine war after three bloody years.

US negotiators emerged from the talks in Saudi Arabia responding to criticism that they have sidelined Europe and Kyiv, while promising warmer ties with Moscow. After two weeks of dramatic attacks on NATO, European democratic processes, and interventions behind Russian and right-wing issues on the continent, the US team, led by Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has returned to language that resembles more traditional diplomacy. It represents a huge step away from isolating Russia to bringing Moscow out of the cold. And it will heighten concerns in Europe that Mr Trump is prioritising warm relations with Russia over the continent’s security and Ukraine’s sovereignty

6:36 AM

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1. The pace of fighting has escalated innortheastern Nigeria between two factions of the Boko Haram group, one of which pledges allegiance to ISIS and the other to Al-Qaeda, according to reports from the region.

• These reports, which are based on statements from local sources and security experts, indicated that violent battles broke out two weeks ago and have continued since then, during which ISIS has lost dozens of its fighters.

The major confrontation🟨

The reports warned of what they called a “major confrontation” between ISIS and Boko Haram, the repercussions of which will be serious for the local population in the Lake Chad Basin region, located on the borders between Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. The reports indicated that the “Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da’wa wal-Jihad” known as “Boko Haram” has gathered hundreds of its fighters in the region in preparation for this confrontation, while the “ISIS in West Africa” has mobilized its fighters in preparation for the battle.

 Sources in the region confirmed that movements of armed elements from the Boko Haram group were monitored heading towards ISIS strongholds in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. Security expert in the region, Zagazola Makama, said that the sources confirmed that armed Boko Haram militants crossed the Lake Chad basin on boats, coming from the Loko Libi and Darak areas located on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Thousands of criminal cases, approximately 9,000, have been dropped in Scotland due to significant delays in the legal system, raising concerns about the integrity of justice. The issue relates to time-bar limits that prevent prosecutors from taking action on these cases, leaving many victims without resolution. This situation has sparked outrage and calls for reforms within the judicial system, highlighting a growing legal scandal. The report from The Scotsman outlines the severe implications this has on the judicial process

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Delta Flight 4819 flipped over atTorontoPearson Airport, resulting in injuries to 18 individuals, with three critically injured, including a child. This incident highlights the serious safety concerns regarding air travel and is currently unfolding, drawing attention from various news outlets, including The Independent.

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A major crash involving a lorry and a motorhome has caused significant traffic chaos on the M6 motorway, with two lanes shut on the northbound side. This incident occurs during the half-term holiday period, affecting many families traveling. Police reports indicate substantial delays as a result of the crash.

3:43 PM

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he must abide by US President Donald Trump’s post-war plan for the Gaza Strip, which calls for the displacement of the enclave’s 2.4 million residents. “Just as I promised that after the war in Gaza there would be no Hamas or the Palestinian Authority, I must abide by US President Trump’s plan to create another Gaza,” Netanyahu said in a statement. 

Omer Dostri, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said earlier on Monday that the Palestinian Authority would not rule the Gaza Strip. This came in response to a report that Hamas was ready to transfer control of the Strip to the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli media. 

An informed Egyptian source reported on Saturday that Hamas confirmed that it would not participate in running the Gaza Strip during the next phase. 

 Hamas had previously announced, in early December, that it had agreed to the proposal to form a community support committee to manage the Gaza Strip, which was put forward during the negotiation rounds in Cairo during the months of October and November, which was later rejected by Fatah. Then, on February 4, the Palestinian Cabinet announced that it had decided to form a working committee to manage the affairs of the Gaza Strip.

12:24 PM

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“President Trump is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the start of their joint press conference. 

Netanyahu said he and Rubio had “a very productive discussion, with our staff, on a range of issues.” 

“None of them is more important than Iran,” he said, adding that “Israel and America stand side by side in confronting the Iranian threat. We agree that the ayatollahs’ regime must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. We also agree that Iranian aggression in the region must be stopped.”

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Manchester City has achieved a significant

legal victory against the Premier League regarding Associated Party Transaction rules, potentially leading to major ramifications for the league. This matter is set to conclude in the coming weeks, and the implications of this ruling could usher in 'complete carnage' within the league. As reported by The Independent, this outcome may alter the competitive landscape of English football significantly.