<article data-history-node-id="430177" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hostages-captives-prisoners-western-media-still-privileges-israeli-over" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hostages-captives-prisoners-western-media-still-privileges-israeli-over" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hostages, captives, prisoners: Western media still privileges Israeli over Palestinian lives</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>On Monday, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> and Hamas exchanged captives as part of <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a> President <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s 20-point Gaza ceasefire <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-text-trumps-20-point-plan-end-war-gaza-0" target="_blank">plan</a>.<br> <br> Mainstream western media coverage of the exchange reflected the same pro-Israel <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-west-press-context-sacrosanct-palestinians" target="_blank">bias</a> that has long characterised&nbsp;reporting on Israel and <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>, which privileges Israeli lives over Palestinian ones.</p> <p>Major outlets such as&nbsp;the BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Associated Press, The Washington Post, Reuters, Deutsche Welle and Agence France-Presse foregrounded Israeli captives, both living and dead, while largely downplaying the experiences of Palestinians.</p> <p>Across newspapers, television broadcasts, websites and social media, Israeli captives and their families received far more attention - and were&nbsp;humanised through personal details and emotional imagery - than Palestinians.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/captives-hostages-genocide-gaza-western-media-still-privilege-israeli-lives"><span class="field field-title">Hostages, captives, prisoners: Western media still privileges Israeli over Palestinian lives</span></a></h3> <div alt="A Palestinian captive released in the Israel-Hamas captives exchange is embraced by a relative upon arrival at the Ramallah Cultural Centre in the occupied West Bank, 13 October 2025 (Zain Jaafar/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="05e891b7-8131-4ba1-a556-6484fb51e8a8" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/000_78L96HL%281%29_0.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="A Palestinian captive released in the Israel-Hamas captives exchange is embraced by a relative upon arrival at the Ramallah Cultural Centre in the occupied West Bank, 13 October 2025 (Zain Jaafar/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430096" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-will-participate-sharm-el-sheikh-summit-egyptian-media-reports" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-will-participate-sharm-el-sheikh-summit-egyptian-media-reports" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Netanyahu will participate in Sharm el-Sheikh summit, Egyptian media reports</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Egyptian presidency on Monday announced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will participate in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit to regarding the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.</p> <p>Egyptian media reported that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from US President Donald Trump while he was in Israel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p> <p>During the call, Netanyahu spoke with President Sisi, and it was agreed that he would attend the summit, the report said.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report added that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will also attend the summit.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>