GAZA -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released on Sunday the third batch of hostages from the Gaza Strip under a temporary cease-fire agreement with Israel.

"Within the framework of the humanitarian truce, we handed over to the Red Cross 13 Israeli detainees, three Thais, and one Russian," Al-Qassam said in a press statement. (Hamas-Israel-Hostage Release)

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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- Mediation efforts have been intensified to extend the current Israel-Hamas humanitarian cease-fire, Palestinian sources said on Sunday.

"Qatar and Egypt conveyed a draft agreement to Israel and Hamas aiming to extend the current four-day cease-fire and facilitate a larger prisoner exchange between the two sides," the Palestinian sources, who wished to be anonymous, told Xinhua. (Israel-Hamas-Cease-fire Extention)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Unknown attackers suspected of belonging to the Yemeni Houthi militia seized a commercial oil tanker off the coast of Aden on Sunday, a Coast Guard official told Xinhua.

The Yemeni official, who asked to remain anonymous, said a Liberian-flagged ship, owned by an Israeli company, was intercepted by suspected Houthi militants aboard fishing boats 50 nautical miles off the coast of Aden earlier this morning. (Yemen-Israeli-linked Oil Tanker-Seizure)

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DAMASCUS -- Four pro-government fighters were killed and 18 others injured on Sunday due to the explosion of a landmine planted by the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zour, a war monitor reported.

The incident took place when these members of the National Defense Forces were combing Al-Shajeri village in the government-controlled area of the desert region in Deir al-Zour, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Landmine Explosion-Casualties) Enditem

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