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Jon Gambrell

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Gulf and Iran news director for The Associated Press in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by way of Egypt, Nigeria, Arkansas and elsewhere. Reachable at [email protected].

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APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military says it is escorting bodies of four deceased captives who were held by Hamas into Israel.

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APNewsAlert: SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Trump will urge leaders to 'put the old feuds' to rest and seize momentum, calling Gaza deal 'first steps' to peace.

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APNewsAlert: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Trump arrives in Egypt for summit on Gaza’s future after visiting Israel to celebrate ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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APNewsAlert: KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian prisoners arrive in Gaza after their release from Israeli prison as part of the ceasefire deal.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Trump uses Knesset speech to urge Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Trump tells Palestinians they should focus on 'building their people up' instead of attacking Israel.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges that he is 'committed to this peace' in speech to parliament.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he will not travel to Egypt for summit due to Jewish holiday.

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APNewsAlert: SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt says American engagement, deployment of peacekeepers on ground necessary to see Trump's peace vision through.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Trump to tell Knesset that 'Israel has won all that can be won by force of arms' and offer 'hand of friendship' to Iran.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Trump to hail Gaza truce deal, freeing of hostages as 'historic dawn of a new Middle East' in speech to Israeli Knesset.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says all living hostages once held by Hamas now back in Israel.

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APNewsAlert: BEITUNIA, West Bank (AP) — Two Red Cross buses carrying Palestinian prisoners being released as part of exchange have begun leaving Ofer Prison.

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APNewsAlert: CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is attending the Gaza summit in Egypt, according to the Egyptian presidency.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it has taken custody of 13 living hostages from Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says 13 remaining living hostages freed by Hamas are now in Red Cross custody in the Gaza Strip.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says Red Cross on its way to point in southern Gaza to take custody of second group of living hostages.

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APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Trump lands in Israel to mark US-brokered ceasefire as Hamas begins releasing Israeli hostages after two years of war.

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APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Air Force One, carrying President Donald Trump, flies over Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says seven living hostages earlier freed by Hamas have returned to Israel.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says seven living hostages earlier freed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are now in Israeli custody.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says Hamas hands over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Red Cross says it's started 'a multi-phase operation' to oversee hostage and prisoner releases as part of Gaza ceasefire.

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APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says Red Cross is on its way to collect several hostages held by Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip.

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APNewsAlert: DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas publishes a list of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners it says will be released in Israel-Hamas war ceasefire.

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