The men, 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old Yoram Metzger and 84-year-old Amiram Cooper, were taken hostage with around 240 others by Hamas infiltrators during the 7 October attack.
A day after Israeli forces mistakenly killed three hostages held by Hamas, Netanyahu called the Gaza conflict an existential war that must be fought until victory.
Israel's military expressed condolences to the families of the hostages killed during combat, saying there would be 'full transparency' in the investigation into the incident.
Shortly after the agreement, Israeli police reported that 2 Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing two and injuring eight.
Over 60 Israeli & foreign nationals have been released by Hamas, while Israel has freed about 150 Palestinian prisoners, as a part of a four-day truce deal, which was later extended to six.
Hamas has released 81 hostages & Israel freed 180 prisoners during 4-day ceasefire, which was later increased to 6. Israel says truce could extend if Hamas releases at least 10 hostages a day.
Musk had received a symbolic dog-tag from the father of an Israeli taken captive by Hamas in Gaza. This comes after he was assailed for an anti-Jewish post on his social media site X.
Hamas believed to have taken about 240 hostages during 7 Oct attack. Israel previously said it would extend 4-day truce which began Friday by one day for every 10 more hostages released.
TV images showed hostages on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after leaving Gaza, as Hamas handed the captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross Saturday.
39 Palestinian women and minor detainees were freed under an accord brokered by Qatar, which also resulted in the release of 13 Israeli hostages seized by Hamas last month.
The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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