The Israeli military said Tuesday that the remains of four deceased hostages returned by Hamas have been identified, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised further news on the captives “within hours”. Palestinian militants are still holding the bodies of 24 hostages.(AP) Separately, a Gaza hospital said it has received the bodies of 45 Palestinians that…
The main change to the list is centered around two security prisoners who will be swapped for Hamas-linked terrorists who aren’t facing life sentences. Government ministers participated in an urgent telephone vote to approve amendments to the list of terrorists and security prisoners to be released during the first phase of the hostage deal, Kan…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steve Holland CAIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a deal to end the war in Gaza was “very close” and that he might travel to Egypt this weekend, as his envoys joined talks in Egypt to try to seal a ceasefire and hostage-release agreement. With Trump’s 20-point…
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to help convince Hamas to support his plan to end Gaza’s war and it has been explaining to the group what needs to be done, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Earlier on Wednesday, Hamas said it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli…
By Matt Spetalnick, Trevor Hunnicutt and Nidal al-Mughrabi WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan. Speaking at a joint White House press conference following a…
“This is what they have to see in the morning when they go out for their yard hour. One of them, I think here (pointing), that’s his house,” the minister said. Palestinian Legislative Council and Palestinian Liberation Organization member Mustafa Barghouti claimed on Wednesday that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir pushed for pictures of destruction…
STORY: Six-year-old Palestinian Ghada Dabebech says she was playing at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City when an Israeli strike hit last week. They had to amputate her arm. Gaza health authorities said at least 27 people were killed, including women and children. “I was playing in the school, I was playing on the swing. I…
Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still holding despite Israel’s anger over a return of remains earlier this week. Debora Patta reports. Source link
As Palestinian inmates released by Israel on Saturday stepped off the buses that took them to the Gaza Strip, some flashed a victory sign and swiftly set fire to sweatshirts they were made to wear in prison. Images broadcast on Israeli media before their release under a ceasefire deal with Hamas showed rows of Palestinian…
Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages today as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza. The civilian men were held captive for 16 months after the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel will be released later today, marking the fifth such exchange since the ceasefire began last month. Source…