The Israeli military says the sixth and final hostage was released by Hamas in the latest exchange on Saturday and has arrived back in Israel even as heightened tensions clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The six included three Israeli men seized from the Nova music festival and another abducted while visiting his family in southern … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Hamas pay “the full price” for what he called a “cruel and wicked violation” of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement after the Israeli and U.S.-designated terrorist group returned the remains of a Gazan woman instead of an Israeli mother taken hostage with her two young children. Israeli officials … Read more
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip — Hamas released four bodies on Thursday, which Israeli officials said included two young children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel. Their mother was said to have been returned with them, but Israeli forces said … Read more
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two young children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel. The remains were said to be those of … Read more
Cairo — Optimism in the Arab world that President Trump might bring a permanent end to the war in the Gaza Strip and, with it, stability to the tumultuous Middle East, soared as he was given a lion’s share of the credit for ushering in the current ceasefire. But that hope has faded quickly since … Read more
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza. The Egyptian government is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing the Palestinian enclave’s population, as it attempts to provide a viable alternative to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to “take over” the territory and displace … Read more
American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, was among three hostages released by Hamas on Saturday morning after being held in captivity in Gaza for almost a year and a half. The other two hostages handed over to Red Cross personnel in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis were Israelis Sasha Troufanov, 29, and Iair Horn, 46. … Read more
Hamas released three captives in Gaza and Israel freed hundreds of Palestinians.
Hamas said Thursday that it would continue releasing hostages according to the terms of the ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel, several days after it accused Israel of violating the agreement and said it would delay the next scheduled exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Under the terms of the deal between Israel and … Read more
President Trump issued an ultimatum on Monday to Hamas, saying that if all remaining Israeli hostages are not released from Gaza by noon on Saturday, then “all hell is going to break loose.” Asked by reporters for details on what that meant, Mr. Trump initially responded: “You’ll find out, and they’ll find out, too. Hamas … Read more