GAZA -- Hamas said in an official statement on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on a general framework for Gaza ceasefire.
According to Hamas, the framework includes the release of 10 Israeli hostages and several bodies, in exchange for the release of an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners, guaranteed by mediators. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday confirmed that Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas leader in Gaza and brother of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this month.
Speaking in parliament, Netanyahu said Israel was at a "dramatic turning point" in its war against Hamas and that the military had "eliminated Mohammad Sinwar." (Israel-Hamas)
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MADRID -- At least seven people, all of them women and children, have been confirmed dead by Canary Islands emergency services after a dinghy carrying approximately 180 people overturned on Wednesday at the entrance to the port of La Restinga on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Rescue services reported that the dead included four women, along with two five-year-old girls and a 16-year-old girl. (Spain-Migrants-Accident)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) adopted legal acts on Wednesday to lift nearly all of its economic sanctions on Syria, enacting a political agreement announced on May 20 aimed at supporting the country's recovery and transition, according to a press release by the Council of the EU.
The EU would lift all restrictive measures related to trade, investment and financing, except those based on security grounds, said the press release. (EU-Syria-Sanctions) Enditem
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