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Washington Israel is considering a proposal that would see Hamas release a portion of the hostages the Palestinian militant group is holding in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a three-to-five-day cease-fire in the war.including an American mother and daughter.

Recent weeks have brought a flurry of activity.Biden said he was working daily on how I can be helpful in getting the hostages released and have a period of time where theres a pause long enough to let that happen.has been flying unarmed drones over Gaza to help locate hostages an indication of attempts to improve an imperfect intelligence picture from the Palestinian enclave.

but made it clear that did not mean the U.Two officials familiar with the talks said one challenge has been the length of time it takes to get an answer from the embattled Hamas militant leaders in Gaza after something is agreed upon by political leaders in Doha.

this particular long-standing Hamas demand.

He was a prisoner himself for decades in Israel before being freed as part of a controversial 2011 prisoner swap for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.The goal of the flight is to send the Starship on a looping trajectory around the planet before re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii.

As SpaceX sums up the countdown on the companys website: Excitement guaranteed.The Starships six Raptors will ignite while the upper stage is still attached to the booster.

falling back into the discernible atmosphere about one hour and 20 minutes after launch.the opening of a two-hour window.