Analysis: Gaza Peace?

Babel: Translating the Middle East by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Jan 21, 20257:54Government & Organizations

Last Sunday, Hamas released three female Israeli hostages that it had kidnapped on October 7, in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. The deal was the first step in the first phase of a three-phase a...

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