GAZA -- Israel on Tuesday handed over the remains of 45 Palestinians to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which later transferred them to local authorities in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing prisoner exchange deal, medical sources said.
A Gaza-based health official told Xinhua that medical teams at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis received the remains through the Kerem Shalom crossing. (Gaza-Israel-Prisoner)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel received the bodies of four hostages on Tuesday night after they were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas in Gaza.
The bodies were transferred to Israeli Defense Forces and Shin Bet personnel inside the Gaza Strip, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. They were later transferred across the border into Israel under escort by Israeli forces, the military and Shin Bet said in an updated joint statement. (Israel-Hostages-Bodies)
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ANTANANARIVO -- Colonel Michael Randrianirina, a Malagasy military officer, announced on Tuesday that state power in Madagascar has been taken over by a military council comprising members of the army, gendarmerie and national police.
"We are here to take power," said Randrianirina, noting that the decision followed "the observation of non-compliance with the Constitution and the flouting of human rights." (Madagascar-Military-State Power)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military struck a vessel conducting narcotrafficking in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six men aboard, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social.
The latest operation raised the death toll to 27 in a series of U.S. military strikes against suspected drug trafficking vessels near Venezuela since September. (US-Venezuela-Boat) Enditem
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