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The briefing comes as the conflict has intensified into a wider war in the region.
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Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States. The reports early Sunday threw the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raised the risk of regional instability. President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country. State television and the state-run IRNA news agency did not report a cause of death for the 86-year-old. The attack opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran, carried the potential for retaliatory violence and a wider war, and represented a startling flex of military might.
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The assassination of the second leader of the Islamic Republic, who had no designated successor, would throw its future into doubt.
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The hostages, all men, have arrived back in Israel, where they will reunite with family and undergo medical checks.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
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It’s been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets.
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Both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to end the fighting and bring back the hostages.
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As part of the agreement, Israel was supposed to release the prisoners last weekend after Hamas freed hostages from its Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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The remains were presumed to be of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted.
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The six to be released on Saturday are the last living hostages to be freed under the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza.