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Here are the latest news headlines from this afternoon that reached our news desk. The times given are Jerusalem time (GMT +2)
12:19 - ISRAEL: The list of names received today from Hamas by mediators Qatar and Egypt includes:
- Gonen Roman (24).
- Damari Emily (28).
- Steinbracher Doron (31).
The list is published with the families' permission.
13:07 - ISRAEL: The IDF has completed its preparations for the immediate absorption of the hostages.
13:11 - ISRAEL: Political Analyst Amit Segel on Channel 12 News: "According to the Prime Minister's statement yesterday, the chance of a second phase is zero, with a tiny asterisk."
13:38 - GAZA: Residents of the Gaza Strip "make pilgrimage" to the site where Yahya Sinwar was killed. [VIDEO]
14:12 - ISRAEL: Chief of Staff Halevy: "We would not have reached an agreement under these conditions if Hamas were not in such a difficult situation."
15:04 - ISRAEL: Israel denies that the kidnapped women were handed over to the Red Cross
15:19 - GAZA: Many Gazans are returning to the northern Gaza Strip at this time of day.
15:29 - ISRAEL: Central Command is preparing with reinforced forces to release hundreds of terrorists into Judea and Samaria: "It is clear that Hamas will try to carry out an attack, even within the next few weeks of the agreement."
15:33 - GAZA: Throughout Gaza, terrorists are marching, passing out sweets and in general celebrating their "great victory"
15:36 - REUTERS: The Red Cross is on its way to receive the kidnapped women.
15:48 - ISRAEL: Red Cross vehicles on their way to the kidnapped women
16:00 - ISRAEL: The Air Force helicopters prepared to pick up the kidnapped women
16:13 - ISRAEL: The mothers of the three kidnapped girls were invited to the Reim crossing.
16:27 - ISRAEL: and the kidnapped women - in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. That's where the kidnapped women were apparently being held, at least recently. Let's remember that Doron and Emily were kidnapped not far from there, from Kfar Gaza. Romi was kidnapped from a slightly more remote area, from the Nova party.
16:29 - "WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME"
16:35 - ISRAEL: Israel says: The kidnapped women have not yet been transferred to the Red Cross
16:38 - GAZA: The Red Cross vehicles are waiting. Around them - many hundreds of Gazans are gathering at the scene, waiting for the events around them.
16:41 - USA: Report on an expected speech by United States President Joe Biden in about an hour
16:43 - ISRAEL: The Israel Prison Service hung signs at the entrance to Ofer Prison where soon terrorists with "blood on their hands" will be released: "The Eternal People do not forget. I will pursue my enemies and catch them."
16:52 - GAZA: The meeting point for transferring the hostages, the Saraya junction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. There are suspicions on the Arab network that among the terrorists seen are members of the Shadow Unit. Crowds of Gazans gather around the terrorists. [VIDEO]
16:55 - GAZA: View of destruction of Jabaliya in the north of the Gaza Strip
17:07 - GAZA: The kidnapped women are currently exiting the Red Cross vehicle.