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What is the latest update on the Israel-Hamas hostage exchange?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The clock has begun on what's expected to be the last hostage, prisoner, and detainee exchange in the war between Israel and Hamas that's set to begin on Monday. NPR's Carrie Khan has more.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza began making the long, arduous trek from south to Gaza City. NPR's Anas Baba there says people are on the move assessing the devastation and searching for ways to rebuild.
It feels like I'm witnessing a place being born again. But Gazans here, they don't wait for permission to leave. They carry hope like oxygen.
In Israel, hospitals are preparing to care for and rehabilitate the 20 remaining live hostages to be returned. Dr. Mikhail Steinman heads nursing at Bellinson Hospital.
Welcome home. So glad to see you. We are here. We'll take care of you.
President Trump is expected in Egypt and Israel on Monday. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The government shutdown is making a bad situation worse for Midwestern farmers. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports farmers are now cut off from government assistance and information, just as many struggle to stay in business.
Most corn, wheat, and soybean farmers are losing money. Shortages than tariffs have jacked up the price of fertilizer and farm equipment they have to buy, while trade wars are depressing the price of the grain they have to sell. Normally in hard times, Missouri farmer Richard Oswald would look to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a short-term loan.
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