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Thursday Briefing: An Israel-Hamas Hostage Exchange

New York Times Plus, the female gaze behind the camera. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/briefing/israel-hamas-ukraine-minerals-sudan-plane-crash.html

Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88

New York Times A prolific novelist, poet, painter and soothsayer, he was inspired by the chaos of his country and published the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/americas/franketienne-dead.html

‘Fantasy’ AI Video, Shared by Trump, of Gaza as Luxury Resort Draws Scorn

New York Times One scene from the video, whose origins are unclear, shows President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting shirtless at a pool with drinks. Hamas condemned it as ‘disgraceful.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/middleeast/trump-gaza-ai-video.html

U.S. and Russian Officials to Meet to Discuss Restoring Embassy Staffing

New York Times Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said negotiating teams would hold talks on Thursday in Istanbul. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/us-russia-embassies.html

Egypt rejects Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ proposal to run Gaza

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Egypt rejects a proposal made by Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid that Cairo temporarily runs the Gaza Strip instead of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/26/743554/-Egypt-rejects-Israeli-proposal-run-Gaza-

‘Provocative escalation’: Arab League censures Israeli strikes in Syria

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has decried recent Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria as a “provocative and reckless escalation.” https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/26/743557/Syria-Israel-Arab-League

West Bank becoming ‘battlefield,’ over 50 killed in 5 weeks: UNRWA

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. UNRWA says the occupied West Bank has become a “battlefield” as Israel repeats its genocidal actions in Gaza there. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/26/743552/West-Bank-battlefield

Another Palestinian abductee dies in Israel’s prison

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Palestinian prisoner rights groups say another Palestinian prisoner, who had been abducted by Israeli forces in Gaza, has lost his life in prison. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/26/743548/Palestinian-prisoner-dies-Israel-prison-

Russia’s Lavrov: Trump’s Gaza displacement plan ‘time bomb’ for region

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Russia says Trump’s scheme to take over the Gaza Strip would not resolve the long-lasting Palestinian issue, but would rather be a “time bomb” in West Asia. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/26/743546/Russia-Sergey-Lavrov-Trump-Gaza-Steve-Witkoff—-

At Funeral for Shiri Bibas and Children, an Israeli Outpouring of Grief

New York Times Thousands of Israelis lined the streets to mourn the Bibases, who were taken hostage in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and had become a symbol of the country’s trauma. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/middleeast/israel-bibas-funeral.html