https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-01-17-2024-e2d0801d61a34badca2d537808e789c3
The deal came more than 100 days into a conflict that shows no sign of ending and which has sparked tensions across the Middle East
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In just the past few days, a U.S.-led coalition has carried out strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen; Iran has struck what it described as an Israeli spy headquarters in northern Iraq and anti-Iran militants in Pakistan and Syria; and Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have escalated the intensity of their fighting across the border.
The biggest risk is along the Israel-Lebanon border, where Israel has vowed to halt Hezbollah attacks so that tens of thousands of Israelis can return to their homes in communities evacuated in October.
Israel said Wednesday that an airstrike in the urban Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank killed five people, including a senior militant implicated in recent attacks on Israelis.
Israel said at the start of the year that it had largely dismantled Hamas in northern Gaza and would scale back operations there, focusing on dense urban areas in the center and south of the territory.
Qatar, which has long served as a mediator with Hamas, helped broker the deal that will provide three months’ worth of medication for chronic illnesses for 45 of the hostages as well as other medicine and vitamins.
But U.N. officials say aid delivery is hobbled by the opening of too few border crossings, a slow vetting process, and continuing fighting throughout the territory — all of which is largely under Israel’s control.
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