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Even restoring Iran as top agenda didn't make Netanyahu end Gaza war, return the hostages

There is a chance that the emerging quiet in Lebanon, and Israel's success in forcing Hezbollah to dissociate itself from the events in Gaza, will generate new momentum in the Strip as well. That's related mainly to Donald Trump's arrival in the White House and the incoming President's claims that he is into ending wars, not starting new ones

Early this week, before the cease-fire agreement with Lebanon was reached, Hamas issued a statement from Gaza. The organization claimed that one of the hostages it holds captive had recently been killed by Israeli bombing. The fate of another hostage who had been with her was unclear, the announcement said.

The organization published a blurred photo allegedly showing a body. It was possible to identify the hostage through the photo, but not to confirm that she had died..