• The Washington Post on Saturday evening was the first to report Israel and Hamas had reached a tentative deal that would free at least 50 hostages in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting.
• The newspaper pushed an alert on its story at about 8:30 p.m., then modified it after a U.S. National Security Council spokesperson in an online post tempered the claim.
• The Post updated its story at about 10:50 p.m. to say the U.S. was “close” to a deal with Israel and Hamas to free some of the hostages, but no correction or clarification was added to the story.

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