Middle East

Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Red Cross vehicles drove away from the handover site in the Gaza Strip with four ...

10:51 Et February 20, 2025

Israel will begin negotiations on next phase of Gaza ceasefire this week, minister says

Israel and Hamas will begin indirect negotiations on a second stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal, officials said on Tuesday, as the Palestinian militant group said it would ...

11:22 Et February 19, 2025

Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed hostages in Gaza

Israel has begun releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three more hostages in the Gaza Strip, keeping a fragile ceasefire intact for now. Israel is expected ...

10:50 Et February 15, 2025

Hamas says it will release hostages as planned, apparently resolving ceasefire dispute

Hamas said Thursday it would release Israeli hostages as planned, apparently resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group said Egyptian and Qatari ...

11:32 Et February 13, 2025

Relatives of Israeli hostages are terrified as the Gaza ceasefire teeters

After 16 months of excruciating uncertainty, Idit Ohel finally received word this week that her 24-year-old son, a hostage in Gaza, is still alive. She said she fainted ...

11:10 Et February 12, 2025

Israel troops withdraw from corridor that split Gaza in two

Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor - a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. Hundreds of Palestinians in cars ...

10:02 Et February 10, 2025

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel PM Netanyahu's remarks on displacing Palestinians

Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on ...

11:17 Et February 9, 2025

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future ...

11:13 Et February 9, 2025

Hamas frees three hostages, whose frail condition shocks Israelis

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, whose emaciated appearance shocked Israelis following their release on live TV, in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, both taken hostage from Kibbutz Be'eri during the cross-border Hamas-led attack ...

11:53 Et February 8, 2025

Iran supreme leader says US talks ‘not intelligent, wise or honorable,’ upending push to negotiation

Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also ...

11:39 Et February 7, 2025
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