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Truce Fell Apart after Hamas Refused to Release More Female Israeli Hostages
(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - The temporary truce broke down last week after Hamas refused to release 10 more female hostages, and instead sought to free abductees taken on Oct. 7 from other categories, Israeli officials said Friday. The truce lasted seven days, beginning on Nov. 24, during which 105 civilians were released from Gaza, including 81 Israelis, 23 Thai nationals and 1 Filipino, in exchange for 210 Palestinian prisoners, all of them women or minors. Israel said it knows Hamas is still holding roughly 17 more women and two children, and that it would not hold talks on other categories of hostages until all female and child abductees are released.