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Hamas accelerates hostage releases. A senior Hamas leader said on Feb. 18 the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Feb. 22 and the bodies of four others on Feb. 20. The surprise acceleration in releases is apparently in return for Israel allowing long-requested mobile homes and construction equipment into the Gaza Strip. The six are the last living hostages set to be freed under the ceasefire’s first phase. The sides have yet to negotiate the second and more difficult phase, in which Hamas says it will only release dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.

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