How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal came together
In the days immediately after the 7 October attack on Israel, a secret cell was set up to work for the release of some 240 hostages captured by Hamas./ So began an "extremely excruciating five-week process" involving four countries, co-ordination between spy masters and high stakes presidential calls, says a senior US administration official./ Israel and Hamas have now agreed that 50 Israeli women and children will be released over a four-day pause in the fighting, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, also women and children./ As the ...
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